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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
De Gruyter, Walter De Gruyter & Co
ISBN-10
3110191180
ISBN-13
9783110191189
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106916386
Product Key Features
Author
Daniel R. Schwartz
Format
Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Christianity: Bibles & Liturgy
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Berlin
Issn
1861-6003
Series Title
Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature
Author Biography
Daniel R. Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Date of Publication
01/02/2008
Interest Age
College Graduate Student
Country of Publication
Germany
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