2 Maccabees Contributor(s): Schwartz, Daniel R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110191180 ISBN-13: 9783110191189 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $342.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - Tibetan - Religion | Judaism - History - Religion | Ancient |
Dewey: 294.392 |
LCCN: 2008038566 |
Series: Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature |
Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.51 lbs) 627 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 2 Maccabees is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Greek and told from a Jewish-Hellenistic perspective, 2 Maccabees narrates and interprets the ups and downs of events that took place in Jerusalem prior to and during the Maccabean revolt: institutionalized Hellenization and the foundation of Jerusalem as a polis; the persecution of Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes, accompanied by famous martyrdoms; and the rebellion against Seleucid rule by Judas Maccabaeus. 2 Maccabees is an important source both for the events it describes and for the values and interests of the Judaism of the Hellenistic diaspora that it reflects - which are often quite different from those represented by its competitor, 1 Maccabees. |