First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I The Maccabean Period of Jewish History; ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; ChapterII The Causes and Occasion of the Maccabean Uprising; ChapterIII The Successful Struggle for Religious Freedom; ChapterIV The Long Contest for Political Freedom; ChapterV The Attainment of Independence; ChapterVI Judaism in Syria and Egypt; ChapterVII The Happy Days of Simon's Reign; ChapterVIII Territorial Expansion Under John Hyrcanus; ChapterIX Internal Divisions and the Growth of Part Ies; ChapterX The Revival of Hellenism and the Struggle of Part Ies; ChapterXI Fatal Dissensions, and the Coming of the Romans; Part II The Roman Period of Jewish History; Part 2ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; Part 2ChapterII The Troublous Times of Hyrcanus II; Part 2ChapterIII The Last of the Hasmoneans; Part 2ChapterIV Herod, the King of the Jews (37-4 B. C.); Part 2ChapterV Herod Under Augustus; Part 2ChapterVI In the Days of Herod The King; Part 2ChapterVII The Inner Life of the Nation; Part 2ChapterVIII Herod's Sons and King Agrippa; Part 2ChapterIX In the Hands of Rome; Part 2ChapterX The Final Catastrophe; Part 2ChapterXI Glimpses of Judaism in Palestine After the War and of Judaism in the Dispersion;