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HISTORY OF NEW TESTAMENT TIMES IN PALESTINE,

175 BC-70 AD

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SHAILER MATHEWS

I.- The Jews under the Seleucids. Antiochus Epiphanes and the Loss of Religious Liberty

II.-Judas Maccabeus and the Reestablishment of Religious Liberty (165-161 BC)Jonathan and the Beginnings of Nationality (161-143 BC) Simon and the Consolidation of Judaism (143-135 BC) 

III.- John Hyrcanus and Political Independence (135-105 BC) The Struggle or the Pharisees with the Asmoneans and the Sadducees (105-60 BC).- The Roman Conquest of Judea

IV. The Rise of the House op Antipater .- Herod I and the Change of Dynasty .- Archelaus (4 BC-6 AD)

V.- Palestine under the Romans and the Tetrarchs.- The Social Life of the Palestinian Jews

VI.- The Messianic Hope and Jesus The Messiah.- Herod Agrirpa I and Herod Agrippa II. Persecution of the Christians.- The Fall of Judea and the Rise of the Christian Church

HISTORY OF THE JEWS