TY - BOOK AU - Oesterley,W.O.E. TI - A history of Israel: vol. II : from the Fall of Jerusalem, 586 B.C. to the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, A.D. 135 AV - 2 DS 117 Oe8 1957 PY - 1957/// CY - Oxford, England PB - The Clarendon Press KW - JEWS KW - HISTORY N1 - BOOK I: THE PERIOD OF THE EXILE--Introductory--The External History: The Fall of Nineveh. The Neo-Babylonian Empire--The Events Leading up to the Exile--The Jews in Babylonia--The Jews in Palestine During the Exile--BOOK I(continued): THE PERIOD OF RESTORATION--The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empire--The Return of the Exiles to Palestine: The Earliest Years After the Return--The Rebuilding of the Temple: The Books of Haggai and Zechariah I-VIII--After the Rebuilding of the Temple--BOOK I (continued): THE PERIOD OF NEHEMIAH AND EZRA--Nehemiah and Ezra--The Samaritans and the Jews--The Religious, social, and Economic Conditions During the Persian Period--BOOK II: THE GREEK PERIOD--The Influence of Hellenism upon the Jews--From the Battle of Issus to the Accession of the Antiochus III--Antiochus III and the Conquest of Syria--BOOK III: THE MACCABAEAN PERIOD--The Maccabaean Revolt: The causes which led to it--The Maccabaean Revolt: The Leadership of Judas Maccabaeus--The Maccabaean Revolt: The Leadership of Jonathan--The Maccabaean Revolt: The Leadership of Simon--The Hasmonaean High-Priesthood--Religious, Social, and Economic Conditions During the Greek Period--BOOK IV: THE ROMAN PERIOD--Hycanus II--The Reign of Herod the Great--The Sons of Herod the Great: Judaea under Roman Procurators--Herod Agrippa I--The Jews of the Dispersion During the Roman Period--From the Death of Agrippa I to the Outbreak of the Jewish War--The Jewish War--After the Wall-- ER -