The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . ast wife. Agrippina, the younger (his niece), having a son,(Nero) by a former husband, persuaded Claudius to adopt him as his Agrippina poisoned Claudius, Nero (see illustration facing 479) succeedinghim. The story of Agrippinas daring schemes, her reckless cruelty, her incessantintrigues, is recorded in the stern pages of Tacitus. She was afterwards murderedby command of her son, Nero, whose elevation she had so unscrupulously pro-moted.* Claudius was the first Roman Emperor to look with distrust and suspic
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . ast wife. Agrippina, the younger (his niece), having a son,(Nero) by a former husband, persuaded Claudius to adopt him as his Agrippina poisoned Claudius, Nero (see illustration facing 479) succeedinghim. The story of Agrippinas daring schemes, her reckless cruelty, her incessantintrigues, is recorded in the stern pages of Tacitus. She was afterwards murderedby command of her son, Nero, whose elevation she had so unscrupulously pro-moted.* Claudius was the first Roman Emperor to look with distrust and suspicionupon the growing sect of Christians, through their connection with the Jews,whose restlessness disturbed him. But his Imperial decree for the expulsion ofthe Jews from Rome remained practically a dead letter as to its effects on Chris-tianity, excepting in providentially leading to the migration ofPriscilla andAquila, to become at Corinth and Ephesus the friends and protectors of theapostle Paul. 1 See Farrars Early Days of Christianity. London and New York, Messalina. Agrippina. CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL AND POETICAL BOOKS TO THE DEATH OFSOLOMON. Sec. 1.—The Historical Books of Scripture generally. 32. The historical books of Scripture—from Joshua toNehemiah—contain the history of the Jewish J Historical church and nation from the first settlement in books, jew- , , . lsh arrange-? Canaan to their return after the captivity of Baby- ment The books, as they are placed in the English Bible, aretwelve in all, though the Jews reckoned them but six, classingEuth with Judges, Nehemiah with Ezra, and numbering thedouble books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, respectively,as one. In early times, moreover, they were all placed amongthe prophets; and Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, arestill placed in Hebrew Bibles in this list. Taking into account,therefore, the fact that large portions of the Pentateuch andof the Prophets are historical, and that a different ar
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