The Hasmoneans and their neighbors: new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction : The Sources and Their Limitations -- The Beginning of the Hasmonean State -- Sources for the History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus -- Sources for the History of the Hasmonean Sta...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Atkinson, Kenneth, 1960-, The Hasmoneans and their neighbors : new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources] (2020) (Becker, Uwe, 1961 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies
volume 27 |
| Further subjects: | B
Judaism-History-Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
B Ptolemaic dynasty,-305-30 B.C B Dead Sea Scrolls B Maccabees-History B Jews-History-To 70 A.D B Seleucids-History |
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| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction : The Sources and Their Limitations -- The Beginning of the Hasmonean State -- Sources for the History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus -- Sources for the History of the Hasmonean State: The Dead Sea Scrolls -- Sources for the History of the Hasmonean State: Classical Texts, Numismatics, and Other Literature -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The Early Hasmonean Period : New Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls -- The Origin of the Hasmonean Family's Revolt -- The Ptolemaic Rulers and the Hasmoneans -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Prophetic Messianism and Hasmonean State Expansion : Dangers from the Seleucid Empire -- Excursus 1: Demetrius II and the Decline of the Seleucid Empire -- The Mysterious Arrival of Antiochus VII Sidetes -- Hyrcanus and Antiochus VII Sidetes Invade the Parthian Empire -- How Did Hyrcanus Survive the Parthian Expedition of Sidetes? -- An Unknown Parthian War of Sidetes: Hyrcanus the Conqueror of Hyrcania -- Hyrcania and John Hyrcanus -- Turmoil to the North -- Hyrcanus as a Prophetic Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Creation of the Hasmonean Monarchy : Apocalyptic Expectations and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Hasmonean Kings, High Priests, and the True Prophet -- The Deaths of Aristobulus and Antigonus -- Chapter 5: Religious Strife in the Hasmonean State : Foreign Threats, Ptolemaic Messianism, and the True Prophet -- Excursus 2: Numismatics and the Fratricidal Seleucid Wars in Antiquities 13.365-371 -- Egypt's Political Situation and the Jews -- Excursus 3: A Tarnished Reputation?: Ptolemy VII Physcon, His Wives, and a Ptolemaic Messiah -- Excursus 4: Egyptian Messianism in the Third Sibylline Oracle -- The Invasion of Demetrius III in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Excursus 5: Jewish Apocalyptic Expectations and the Invasion of Demetrius III -- The Invasion of Antiochus XII Dionysus -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Military Deterrence and the Hasmonean Golden Age : The End of Days in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Alexandra in the Qumran Pesharim and Calendrical Texts -- The Importance of Alexandra in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: After the Loss of Sovereignty : New Light on Hasmonean and Roman History from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Texts -- Excursus 6: Hyrcanus II as the "Wicked Priest" of the Qumran Texts and Why He Attacked the Righteous Teacher -- The Nabatean Threat to the Roman Occupation of the Former Hasmonean State -- The Hasmonean State as Pompey's Consolation Prize -- The Psalms of Solomon and Pompey -- The 63 B.C.E. Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in the Qumran Pesharim -- The 63 B.C.E. Roman Conquest of Jerusalem in Other Dead Sea Scrolls -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: A Dream Shattered : The End of the Hasmonean State and the Demise of Its Neighbors -- Roman and Hasmonean Intervention in Egypt -- The Final Hasmonean Revolt against Roman Rule -- The Roman Civil War and the Hasmonean Family -- The End of the Roman Civil War Between Julius Caesar and Pompey -- The Jews and the Roman Civil War -- The Assassination of Pompey in Jewish and Classical Texts -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors. |
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| ISBN: | 0567680835 |