TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME/BOOK ONE The First 1000 Years - Sarah and Abraham to King David and Bath-Sheba INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY.. 3 APPENDIX 1A.. 17 Sub-part I. Aram/Aramaean Associations.. 17 A. Aram. 1. The Region; 2. As Person or Eponym. B. Maacah/Maachah, Individual Uses. II. Named Mothers in the Lineage, Adam to Jacob.. 18 A. Adam to Isaac. B. Terah to Jacob via Milcah and Rebekah, by Generations. III. Descendancies of [Abraham + ] Hagar and Keturah.. 22 A. Descendancy of Hagar. B. Descendancy of Keturah. ATTACHMENT 1 Source Quotations for Descendancies of Esau Wives, and Hezronic Period. 25 ATTACHMENT 2 Exploration of Descendancies of Esau Wives 49 APPENDIX 1B Ephrath/Ephrathah/Ephratah and Ephrathite. 51 APPENDIC 1C.. 55 Sub-part I. The Persons Who Entered Egypt With Jacob. 55 II. Hezronic Period 56 A. In General. B. Book of Jasher/Jashar/Jesher. III. Houses Exiting Egypt 58 IV. Moses Conferences on the Mountain and Connected Events 59 A. Rebellion of Nadab and Abihu; Korah-led Revolt; Miriam s Objection and Demise. V. Miscellaneous Post-Exodus Events including Army Registrations(/Censuses) and Other Tribal Details. 62 A. The First Registration (and Moab Encampment). B. The Second Registration. C. Tribal Leaders, Counts and Associated Details. D. Comparison of the Two Registration Counts. 1. By Tribe. 2. By Matriarchal Lineages. VI. Zelophehadites.. 71 A. The Main Case, Rulings and Disposition. B. Descendancies, Names and Relationships of the Children of Manasseh. 1. In General. 2. Other Related Data. C. Manasseh Additional Citations and Chart. D. Manasseh/Benjamin Shuppim and Muppim Puzzle. VII. Levirate Duty and Redemption, and The Book of Ruth. 76 VIII. Lineage Roster as Given, (Bath-Sheba + David -) Solomon and Nathan. 77 ATTACHMENT 1 Charted Explorations of Familial Relationships, Levi, Reuben, Judah, Hezron, Caleb, Ashur and Asher 79 i
ATTACHMENT 2 Charted Explorations of Familial Relationships, Benjamin and Manasseh.. 85 APPENDIX 1D, I Joshua 89 APPENDIX 1D, II Judges 93 APPENDIX 1E Saul through Solomon. 101 APPENDIX 1F Names/Places. 117 VOLUME/BOOK TWO To the First Fall of Jerusalem (Bath-Sheba and David to Nehushta and Jehoiakim) INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY..... 131 APPENDIX 2A Names/Relations/Places..... 137 ATTACHMENT 1 Jesse, Descendancy of.... 163 ATTACHMENT 2 Saul, Descendancy of.... 165 ATTACHMENT 3 David, Descendancy of... 169 ATTACHMENT 4 Eli, Descendancy of.... 173 APPENDIX 2B The Military Under David... 181 APPENDIX 2C, I Introduction to the Period of the Kings.... 189 APPENDIX 2C, II Table of Kings... 191 APPENDIX 2C, III Parentages As Given for Kings of the Period... 195 A. Northern Kingdom. B. Southern Kingdom. C. Age Potential Comparisons. APPENDIX 2C, IV Through the Period of the Kings, Source-Quoted Narrative... 203 APPENDIX 2C, V Tobit, Source-Quoted Narrative..... 229 APPENDIX 2C, VI Judith Source-Quoted Narrative..... 233 APPENDIX 2C, VII Jeremiah Source-Quoted Narrative.... 239 A. Comparative Age Timeline. B. References to Jeremiah By Name. C. Narrative Summary of Jeremiah Events. D. Additional Chapters of Jeremiah. APPENDIX 2D Calendar Year Comparison Timeline from the Post-David Kingdom Division to the Death of Alexander III the Great. 249 Sub-part I. Introduction..... 249 II. Total Years of the Period of Kings Per Sources Outlined 250 III. Timeline...... 250 VOLUME/BOOK THREE Persian Suzerainty, Repatriation, Macedonian Suzerainty, Seleucid Suzerainty, and Maccabaean Independence to the Assassination of High Priest Simon Matthes INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY... 265 APPENDIX 3A, I Charted Exploration of Familial Relationships, Media/ Persia..... 285 APPENDIX 3A, II Descendancy Chart, Neo-Babylonians... 293 A. Chart. B. Source Quotations. C. Exploration of Issues. (1) Considerations. (2) (a) Explorative Timetable With Regard to the Within Issues. (b) Speculative Calculations. (1) Daniel Supplementary Notes. (3) Ancestry of Nitocris. (a) Explorative Timeline. ii
(4) Cyrus-Nabonidus Chronicle / Nabu-naid Chronicle / The Annalistic Tablet of Cyrus. APPENDIX 3A, III Source-Quoted Narrative, Herodotus and Xenophon... 303 APPENDIX 3A, IV Explorative Timeline, High Priests Jeshua to Jaddua, Including Ezra/Esdras[/Azariah/Azarias) and Nehemiah Involvements 323 A. Explorative Timeline. B. Exploration of Potential Reconciliations. C. Notes. D. An Alternative Three. APPENDIX 3A, V Repatriation and Reformation Source-Quoted Narratives..... 331 A. 1 Esdras. B. Esther. C. Ezra. D. Haggai. E. Josephus. F. Nehemiah. G. Zachariah. DETAIL A. Josephus Lineage..... 349 APPENDIX 3A, VI The Period of High Priests, Onias I to the Death of Simon Matthes, According to Maccabees and Josephus..... 351 ATTACHMENT 1 Calendar Year Comparative Timeline, After the Death of Alexander III the Great to the Assassination of High Priest Simon Matthes... 375 A. Calendar. B. Calendrical Conversions. 1. Ancient Calendar References. (a) Years of the kingdom of the Seleucidae. (b) Years of the Greeks. (c) Roman A.U.C. [Anno Urbia Conditae) Years. ATTACHMENT 2 Global Events, Additional Detail 272-133 b.c./b.c.e; Macedonia, Greece and Rome.... 401 DETAIL A. A Brief Full History of Rome (to 133 b.c./b.c.e.)... 405 ATTACHMENT 3 Names/Places... 419 ATTACHMENT 4 Descendancies, Macedonia Monarchs/Relatives, and Narrations -- Amyntas to Philip II; Philip II through Post- Alexander III Events..... 437 A (1)(a) and (b). Charts and Source Quotations (to Philip II). (2) Narration. B through D. Charts and Source Quotations. E, Narration (Commencing with Alexander III the Great. DETAIL A. Pergamus... 457 ATTACHMENT 5 Exploration of Descendancies, Seleucid-Syria Monarchs/Relatives (Charts and Source Quotations)..... 459 DETAIL A. Mithridates and Ariarathes Dynasties (Pontus and Cappadocia)... 467 (1) Mithridates/Mithradates. (a) Rulers. (b) Mithridaticum Bellum (First, Second and Third Mithraidatic Wars). (2) Ariarathes. ATTACHMENT 6 Descendancies, Ptolemaic Monarchs/Relatives, Ptolemy II Philadelphus to Ptolemy VIII Physcon (Charts and Source Quotations).... 473 APPENDIX 3B, I Names, Supplemental Listing.... 477 APPENDIX 3B, II Chief/High/Levite Priesthoods - History, Occupants, Descendancy Eligibility and Temple Sites.... 521 iii
Sub-part I. The Chief Priesthood in General..... 521 II. Chief Priests As Derivably Specified..... 521 A. The Office From Inception Under Moses to King David s Reign. (1) King David s Divisions. B. From Solomon s Reign to the Nebuchadnezzar Captivity. C. From Persian Repatriation to the Roman Conquest. D. Recap of Total Number. III. Priests, Leaders and Numbered Sons of the Returns 526 A. The First-Listed Repatriation Congregation, According to Nehemiah, Ezra, 1 Esdras and Josephus (including listed groups, their numbers, and tallies). B. The Two Listings of the Repatriation Congregation in the reign of Artaxerxes. IV. The Two Reports of Post-Repatriation Excommunications 534 A. The First-Reported Excommunication. B. The Formal Proceedings and Second-Reported Excommunication. V. Collected Listings of Divisions/Houses, Priests, Leaders, and Levites Of and After the Returns.... 538 VI. Temple Sites.... 540 A. Shilo and Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim/Gerizzim. B. Jerusalem. C. Heliopolis, Egypt. D. Pertinent Data. DETAIL A. Comparison Collected Listings of Priests, Divisions, Leaders and Levites Of and After the Returns.... 543 DETAIL B. High Priests Eliashib to Jaddua.... 555 ATTACHMENT 1 The Chief Priesthood Lineage, Aaron to (Exiled) Josedek/Jehozadak, As Variously Given..... 557 ATTACHMENT 2 Charted Exploration of Familial Relationships, Chief/High Priests (Ahitub/Ahitob-) Zadok to Johanan/Jonathan/John/ Yehohanan, Including Hananiah/Jeremiah Redemption Potential...... 559 ATTACHMENT 3 Charted Exploration of Familial Relationships, Zerubbabel to Eliashib... 563 ATTACHMENT 4 Source Quotations for Charted Explorations of Royalty and Priestly Lineage Relationships in Attachments 2 and 3... 565 ATTACHMENT 5 Charted Exploration of Familial Relationships, Johanan/Jonathan/[Y]Jehohanan/John to John Hyrcanus I.. 581 ATTACHMENT 6 Source Quotations for Charted Exploration of Familial Relationships in Attachment 5..... 583 VOLUME/BOOK FOUR Ashemon (Asamonaean)/Maccabaean/Hasmonaean Chief Priesthoods and Monarchies, Herodian Monarchy and Seleucid, Ptolemaic and Roman Dynasties. High Priest John Hyrcanus I to Imperial Rome INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY.. 595 APPENDIX 4A Timeline, High Priests John Hyrcanus I to (Theophilus-) Matthais... 637 DETAIL A. Year and Age of Death of Herod the Great and Year of Birth of (Miriam/Mary [A] -) Jesus.... 701 ATTACHMENT 1 Roman Imperial Rulers and Associated Data... 707 iv
Sub-part I. Summary of Events Through the Reign of Julius Caesar... 707 II. Emperors - Octavianus/Augustus to Nero 713 DETAIL A Explorative Chart, Roman Ruling Families, Caesars, Julius through Claudius... 717 APPENDIX 4B, I Narrative, High Priests Hyrcanus I Through Antigonus II, Source-Quoted..... 727 APPENDIX 4B, II Narrative, High Priests Ananelus Through [Boethus-] Simon, Source-Quoted... 757 APPENDIX 4B, III Narrative, High Priests (Theophilus-) Matthias Through (Ananus -) Theophilus, Source-Quoted..... 789 ATTACHMENT 1 Charted Exploration of Descendancies/Familial Relationships, The Asamonaeans/Maccabees/Hasmonaeans.. 821 ATTACHMENT 2 Charted Exploration of Descendancies/Familial Relationships,....... 823 Through the Herodians DETAIL A Source Quotations, Marriages/Betrothals/Espousals Made By Herod the Great.... 835 ATTACHMENT 3 Charted Exploration of Descendancies/Familial Relationships, Seleucid-Syrian..... 839 ATTACHMENT 4 Charted Exploration of Descendancies/Ptolemaic Monarchs/Relatives, Ptolemy VIII Physcon to Cleopatra VII the Great..... 843 APPENDIX 4C Names/Places/Relationships..... 849 ATTACHMENT 1 Anointer, Mary Magdalene, and Beloved Disciple Identity Puzzles.... 873 DETAIL A. Source Quotations for Attachment 1 877 APPENDIX 4D Some Terms of Interest.... 883 BIBLIOGRAPHY TABLE OF NAMES v