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revision of Emil Schurer’s classic ''Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi'', first published in 1874 but revised and enlarged in 1901-1909 (3rd/4th editions), began in 1964 when Matthew Black commissioned the translation of Schurer’s German text into English. The project continued with the work of Geza Vermes and Fergus Millar, who substantially revised Schurer’s work. In addition to the translation work the Vermes/Millar revision (1) removed obsolete bibliography and polemical (anti-Semitic) material; (2) added post-Schurer bibliography; (3) modernized the references to texts, papyri, inscriptions and coin legends; and (4) added archaeological, epigraphic, papyrological and numismatic references including the Qumran materials and Bar Kochba documents. - '''Ronald Ruark''', University of Michigan | revision of Emil Schurer’s classic ''Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi'', first published in 1874 but revised and enlarged in 1901-1909 (3rd/4th editions), began in 1964 when Matthew Black commissioned the translation of Schurer’s German text into English. The project continued with the work of Geza Vermes and Fergus Millar, who substantially revised Schurer’s work. In addition to the translation work the Vermes/Millar revision (1) removed obsolete bibliography and polemical (anti-Semitic) material; (2) added post-Schurer bibliography; (3) modernized the references to texts, papyri, inscriptions and coin legends; and (4) added archaeological, epigraphic, papyrological and numismatic references including the Qumran materials and Bar Kochba documents. - '''Ronald Ruark''', University of Michigan | ||
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Revision as of 19:39, 24 November 2009
The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987) is a book by Emil Schürer and Géza Vermès.
Abstract
The Schurer project, the revision of Emil Schurer’s classic Geschichte des judischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi, first published in 1874 but revised and enlarged in 1901-1909 (3rd/4th editions), began in 1964 when Matthew Black commissioned the translation of Schurer’s German text into English. The project continued with the work of Geza Vermes and Fergus Millar, who substantially revised Schurer’s work. In addition to the translation work the Vermes/Millar revision (1) removed obsolete bibliography and polemical (anti-Semitic) material; (2) added post-Schurer bibliography; (3) modernized the references to texts, papyri, inscriptions and coin legends; and (4) added archaeological, epigraphic, papyrological and numismatic references including the Qumran materials and Bar Kochba documents. - Ronald Ruark, University of Michigan
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- 1. Scope and Purpose of the Work
- 2. Auxiliary Sciences
- 3. The Sources
PART ONE
The First Period: From Antiochus Epiphanes to the Capture of Jerusalem by Pompey - The Maccabaean Rising and the Age of Independence 175 B.C. - 63 B.C.
Survey of the History of Syria in the Last Centuries of Seleucid Rule
- 4. Religious Crisis and Revolution 175-164 B.C.
- 5. Judas Maccabaeus 164-161 B.C.
- 6. Jonathan 161-143/2 B.C.
- 7. Simon 143/2 - 135/4 B.C.
- 8. John Hyrcanus I 135/4 - 104 B.C.
- 9. Aristobulus I 104-103 B.C.
- 10. Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 B.C.
- 11. Alexandra 76-67 B.C.
- 12. Aristobulus 67-63 B.C.
The Second Period: From the Capture of Jerusalem by Pompey to the Hadrianic War - The Roman-Herodian Age 63 B.C - A.D. 135
Survey of the Roman Province of Syria from 63 B.C. to A.D. 70
- 13. Hyrcanus II 63-40 B.C.; the Rise of Antipater and his Sons Phasael and Herod
- 14. Antigonus 40-37 B.C.
- 15. Herod the Great 37-4 B.C.
- 16. Disturbances after Herod's Death 4 B.C.
- 17. From the Death of Herod the Great to Agrippa I 4 B.C. - A.D. 41. The Sons of Herod
- 18. Agrippa I A.D. 37, 40, 41-44
- 19. The Roman Procurators A.D. 44-66
- 20. The Great War with Rome A.D.(?)66-74
- 21. From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Downfall of Bar Kokhba
Appendices