The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

includes index and biblioraphy

BOOK 1 ¿ The Preparation for the Gospel The Jewish World in the Days of Christ¿The Jewish Dispersion in the East .. 3 The Jewish Dispersion in the West¿The Hellenists¿Origin of Hellenist Literature in the Greek Translation of the Bible¿Character of the Septuagint ............ 12 The Old Faith Preparing for the New¿Development of Hellenist Theol¿ogy: The Apocrypha, Aristeas, Aristobulus, and the Pseudepigraphic Writings ....... 22 Philo of Alexandria, the Rabbis, and the Gospels¿The Final Develop¿ment of Hellenism in Its Relation to Rabbinism and the Gospel According to St. John . 28 Alexandria and Rome¿The Jewish Communities in the Capitals of West¿ern Civilisation ................................................. 40 Political and Religious Life of the Jewish Dispersion in the West¿Their Union in the Great Hope of the Coming Deliverer ................... 50 In Palestine¿Jews and Gentiles in `The Land`¿Their Mutual Relations and Feelings¿`The Wall of Separation` ............................. 58 Traditionalism, Its Origin, Character, and Literature¿The Mishnah and Talmud¿The Gospel of Christ¿The Dawn of a New Day ............. 65 BOOK 2 ¿ From Bethlehem to Jordan In Jerusalem When Herod Reigned ................................ 79 The Personal History of Herod¿The Two Worlds in Jerusalem ......... 86 The Annunciation of St. John the Baptist ........................... 94 The Annunciation of Jesus the Messiah, and the Birth of His Forerunner . . 102 What Messiah Did the Jews Expect? .............................. 113 The Nativity of Jesus the Messiah ................................ 127 The Purification of the Virgin and the Presentation in the Temple ..... The Visit and Homage of the Magi, and the Flight into Egypt ......... 141 The Child-Life in Nazareth ....................................... 151 In the House of His Heavenly, and in the Home of His Earthly Father- The Temple of Jerusalem¿The Retirement At Nazareth ............... 163 In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Caesar and Under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas¿A Voice in the Wilderness ..................... 177 The Baptism of Jesus: Its Higher Meaning ......................... 191 From Jordan to the Mount of Transfiguration The Descent into the Valley of Humiliation The Cross and the Crown