Subject Index
Abraham
83–84, 145
Acts of the Apostles
8, 9
pilgrimage
92–103
Aelius Aristides
82n18, 84n23
Alexandria
12, 147, 178
alienation
2, 158, 171
Antiochus Epiphanes
3, 115, 119, 121, 126–133, 135, 142n12, 160
Antiochus Eupator
119, 134
Aristotle
143n14
assimilation
2, 72, 126, 193
associations
28–31, 38n72, 46n95, 64n139
Augustus
30–37, 39–41, 44, 56, 64
Cicero
23–27, 56, 73
collective memory
1, 112–113, 156–160, 164
collegia
20, 32n55
colonization
191–195
Jerusalem as mother-city
12, 118, 185, 190–195, 201–202
Delos
16–17
diaspora Judaism
2–12, 13–16, 111–112, 117–118, 179, 206
admiration of non-Jews
18n20, 139–140, 151
Adramyttium
24, 56
Alexandria
45, 56, 98, 106, 116, 140–141, 153, 156–160, 164, 185–190
allegiance to Jerusalem
15, 50
Apamea
24, 56
Asia
9, 20–42, 56, 93, 94n54, 98, 100
Babylon
9, 49–51, 56, 90–92, 93, 94n54, 104–107
common practice
7–8, 13–16, 56
Cos
20–23
Cyrene
32, 36, 56, 93, 94n54, 98
Delos
30–31, 56d
divine protection
178–182
Egypt
9, 12, 18–19, 54–56, 93, 114, 149, 151–152, 156–160, 178–182
Ephesus
27, 35–36, 41, 56
identity
5–7, 10, 15, 39n76, 75, 78, 85, 89, 103, 109–110, 118, 138, 141, 151, 165, 195
Ionia
26n42, 35n66, 36n67
Laodicea
24, 56
Libya
32, 36, 37, 93
legitimacy
11, 12, 139–140, 156–162, 164, 178–182, 195, 205
Miletus
26
Parium
30–31, 56
Pergamum
24, 56
persecution
12, 32, 178–182, 186–195
priests
178–182
Rome
9, 23–24, 30–31, 56, 93, 94n54
Sardis
41, 56
emigration
1, 158
exile
2, 66–67, 69 87, 171, 184, 205
Exodus, narrative of
13–14, 46, 64, 142–143, 157–158, 167
fiscus Judaicus
15, 53–55, 61n131
Flaccus
23–26, 30–31, 56 190
Gaius Caligula
12, 37, 49–51, 185–190
gymnasium
116, 126
half-shekels
9, 13–75, 118, 138, 139, 160, 179n43
books of Chronicles
65–66
book of Nehemiah
66
confiscation
19–44, 57–58
dissent
45, 59–64, 73–74
envoys
37–40, 45–46, 50, 57
first-fruits
14–15, 17–18
introduction by Hasmoneans
67–74
origins
14, 64–74, 108
Torah
64–65
Hanukkah
71, 113, 130, 132, 136–138
Hasmoneans
9, 11, 67–74, 107–109, 113, 116, 118, 120, 137–138, 142n12, 160, 179n43
Hecataeus of Abdera
11, 139, 147–151, 160–162, 195
Heliodorus
121–128, 133–134, 173–174, 176–178
Herod Agrippa
189, 192
Herod the Great
19n21, 90–92, 106–109, 139n3
Hellenism
4, 115–116, 126, 130, 158
home
2, 83–84, 87, 96, 100, 112–113, 158, 185
homeland
1, 10–11, 13, 17, 69–70, 74, 76–110, 112–113, 139, 147, 157, 192
hybridity
156n59
ingathering
87
Jason of Cyrene
10, 112–114, 115n8, 120
Jesus
60–62, 80
Jerusalem temple
cosmic mountain
168–171
descriptions
11, 139–152
desecration
127, 166–167, 175–177
distance from
3, 4, 8
divine presence
12, 124–125, 134–135, 165, 168–172, 177, 180–182, 195–200
divine protection
12, 119–120, 123–126, 134–138, 164–178, 185–190
election
167–172, 177, 179
festival celebration
5, 46–49, 51, 57, 77–78, 144
financial contributions
5, 8, 9, 13–75
non-Jewish offerings
17–19, 69n152, 122, 140, 142, 165–166, 189
pilgrimage
5, 8, 9, 76–110
rededication
119–121, 126, 130–133, 136
sacrifice
81n14, 144, 146
symbol of cosmos
12, 185, 195–200
uniqueness
77, 80–81, 182
John Hyrcanus I
25n40, 70–74
Josephus
8, 9, 13–17, 135n59, 147–151, 169, 180
festival celebration
85n24
fiscus Judaicus
15, 53–54
offerings
19–42, 48, 50–51, 56–58
pilgrimage
79, 90–92, 103–105
Jubilees
66n146
Judas Maccabee
114, 119, 122, 128–129, 131–136
Judea see homeland
Judith
10, 115n8
Julius Caesar
31–33, 56
Law see Torah
Leontopolis
143n16
Letter of Aristeas
4, 6, 10, 11, 17, 111, 116, 139–162, 166, 195
Mithridates
20–21
Nicanor
122, 129n49, 133–137
Nicanor’s Day
113, 131–133
Onias
122–127
Paul
100–103, 105n88
collection
102
Philo of Alexandria
4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 111, 116, 118, 139, 151, 160–162, 185–203
description of Jerusalem
153–155
eschatology
86–87
festival celebration
84–89, 201
offerings
13–15, 37–42, 44–53, 56–58, 64, 201
on diaspora Judaism
7
pilgrimage
9, 80–90, 100, 201
Philo the Epic Poet
11, 139, 144–145, 151, 160–162
pilgrimage
76–110, 118, 138, 139, 144, 160, 179n43
definition
76–77
difficulty
80–83, 89, 90–91
education
101
eschatological age
86–87
festival celebration
77–78, 84–85, 89, 93–100, 102
prestige
82–83
popularization
106–109, 118, 160
rest
85
vicarious
11, 78, 88–90, 139, 152–156
prayer
28n45, 84n23, 89, 102, 104, 117, 121, 123–125, 134–137, 165–172, 174–175, 177–184, 188, 197
priests
45, 51–52, 146, 150–151, 166, 175–176, 197
high priest
11, 17, 140, 142, 146, 148–149, 156–160, 165–172, 175, 177–178, 182, 197
Ptolemy II
140, 142, 144, 146, 152, 156, 158
Ptolemy IV Philopator
164–167, 172, 174–182
Qumran
59–60, 62n136, 63, 75
rabbinic literature
8, 9, 171–172
offerings
47–49
pilgrimage
80n12, 101, 103–106
repatriation
94–96
Rhodes
19n21
Roman decrees
19, 26–44
authenticity
42–44
Samaritans
16–17, 58
Second Maccabees
4, 6, 10, 70–71, 74, 111–138, 139n3, 164, 167, 173–178, 186–187, 189, 199
audience
112
as dynastic history
115–116
introductory letters
113–114, 133, 136
martyrs
117, 128
provenance
10, 112, 114–119
Solomon
125, 130n51, 135, 140n3, 169–171
Strabo
20–25, 56
synagogue
16, 32n55, 96–100, 192
as treasuries
14, 21n29, 34, 46, 57
Delos
16–17
in Jerusalem
96–100
Theodotus inscription
96–99
Third Maccabees
4, 6, 10, 11, 111, 116, 118, 139n3, 161, 163–184, 186–187, 189, 199
Tobit
66n146, 79–80, 83n19
Torah
6, 8, 11, 45, 60, 78–79, 91, 140–141, 143, 156–160, 167, 203