Alexandria, 274, 284, 304; Jewish set- Chaldæan language, 47.

Antiochus Epiphanes, 320, 326, 392, Crassus, 466.

Exiles, condition of, 21; sufferings of, 28. Jupiter Olympius, 329; Capitolinus,

Handel's Messiah, 87; Esther, 201; Messiah, 524.

Polytheism, rejection of, 41; establish-
ment of, 330.

Pompey, 443; visit to Jerusalem, 448;
Temple, 450; triumph, 454.

Popilius Lænas, 392.

Shemiah, 465.
Sibyls, 312.

Simon the Asmonean, 340, 401,
Simon the Just, 276.

Simon the son of Shetach, 431, 435.

Prayer, 43; introduction of, for the Sirach, son of, 278, 296.

dead, 375.

Priesthood, 325, 393, 494.
Primitive History, close of, 51.
Psalms, cxxxvii., 28; cii., 29, 85; cxxx.,
29; cxxvi., cxxxiv., xcvi., xcvii.,
xcviii., xcix., 86; lxxxix., 126; cxix.,
160; lxxiv. and lxxix., 234.
Psalter of Solomon, 335.
Ptolemais, 271.

Ptolemies, 269, 290.

Ptolemy Philadelphus, 272.
Ptolemy Philopator, 275.
Purim, 196, 198.

Rabbis, 497.

Rhaziz, 357.

Socrates, 218-256; his teaching, 229,
254; his death, 241; his religious
character, 243–252.
Spiritual religion, 42.
Susa, 136

Susanna, 24, 39, 523.
Synagogue, the Great, 165.
Synagogues, 167, 515.

Tabernacles, Feast of, 105, 144, 348,

429.

Targumists, 161.

Temple of Herod, 486, 491.

Temple of Zerubbabel, 104, 117; de-
scription of, 117; dedication, 119.
Tobiah the Ammonite, 147.

Rome, 389; treaty with, 390; influence Tobiah, the sons of, 274.

of, 522.

Sabbath, 327, 330, 339.

Sacrifices, 494.

Salathiel, 25, 93.

Samaria, 454, 483.

279, 284.

Tobit, Book of, 45.

Tyre, 53, 73, 264, 324.

West, influence of the, 49, 214.

Wisdom, Book of, 304.

Wisdom, idea of, 305.

Samaritans. 108, 148, 159, 265, 267, Woodcarriers, Festival of, 146.

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