STUDY QUESTIONS

Josephus, Antiquities, Loeb Classics (Boston, 1926)

1) What advantages did Sanaballetes assert Alexander would gain by supporting him and his people?

2) Why is the fall of a city significant? Is its significance predominantly symbolic? What facts does it change "on the ground"?

3) To what extent did Alexander the Great, the empire builder, concern himself with local religious practice? Why might it have been in his interest to encourage it?

4) How might the city of Jerusalem have contributed to "framing" the High Priest Jaddus' authority and stature?

5) Why might Jaddus have chosen Sapheia as a place at which to meet Alexander and his army?

Terms, Concepts, Names, and Dates

Darius

Alexander of Macedon

Flavius Josephus

Gaza

Tyre

Babylon

Taurus Mountains

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