1 Maccabees (Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha) - Softcover

Bartlett, John R.

 
9781850757634: 1 Maccabees (Guides to the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1850757631 ISBN 13: 9781850757634
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998

Synopsis

This is a book for anyone interested in the political and cultural results of the entry of the small state of Judah and its capital Jerusalem into the wider Hellenistic world in the second century BCE. In particular it forms a helpful introduction to the biblical writing called 1 Maccabees, which is preserved in the Apocrypha. 1 Maccabees is a history of the rebellion of the Jews against their Syrian rulers in the 160s BCE. The rebellion's leader was Judas Maccabee, and from his family and its success sprang a dynasty that ruled Judah for the century before the arrival of Herod the Great. The author of 1 Maccabees was a keen supporter of that dynasty, and saw their early rulers as made in the mould of the early kings of Israel. The present book introduces the student to modern scholarly research on 1 Maccabees and its author.

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About the Authors

John R. Bartlett is Principal, Church of Ireland Theological College and Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin.

John R. Barlett is Principal, Church of Ireland Theological College and Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin.

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Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1850757631
ISBN 13 
9781850757634
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112