Title: The chosen people: a study of Jewish history from the time of the Exile until the Revolt of Bar Kocheba,
Authors: Allegro, John Marco, 1923-
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton,
Year: 1971
Subjects: Jews History
Abstract: "A study of Jewish history from the 6th century BC until the 1st century AD"--Book jacket.
Contents: Origins and exile -- The return -- Building the walls -- The Greek enchantment -- The Maccabees -- The rise and fall of "The Hammer" -- John Hyrcanus -- Alexander Jannaeus and the Pharisees -- Enter Rome -- Antipater, the Idumaean fox -- The schooling of Herod -- Herod, king of the Jews -- Herod's womenfolk -- Plot and counter-plot -- Rome's tightening grip -- Zealots and Sicarii -- Herod Agrippa -- Agrippa II and the procurators -- The fall of Jerusalem -- Son of the star.