Early Church History 4
The Palestinian Environment II
Pharisees: Jamnia, Lydda, Caesaraea
Gamaliel II
"works" Shammai and Hillel
Sadducees
Essenes or Chasidim (devout ones)
Flavius Josephus and Philo of Alexandria
Horsley and Hanson. BANDITS, PROPHETS AND MESSIAHS
Seleucids, Hasmoneans, Herodians
"Hezekiah, a brigand-chief was a very large gang, was overrunning the district on the Syrian frontier." Josephus
"Love work and hate slavery and make thyself not known to the government"
30's AD Galilean Cave Bandits
30's-50's Eleazar Ben Dinai
40's Tholomaus
60's Jesus ben Sapphias
60's John of Gischala
Sicarii: sicae
Judas of Galilee to James and Simon
Am ha-arez (Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs)
Prophets: John the Baptist, "The Samaritan," "Theudas," "the Egyptian," "Jesus ben Hunaniah"
WIVES AND SONS OF HEROD THE GREAT:
Dorus none
Mariamne Alexander
Aristobulus
Mariamne of Simon Herod Philip marries Herodias has daughter Salome the Dancer
Malthace Archelaus
Herod Antipas marries Herodias
Cleopatra of Jerusalem Herod Philip II marries Salome