The Hasmoneans and their neighbors : new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources

1. Verfasser: Atkinson, Kenneth, 1960- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : T&T Clark, [2018]..
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (233 pages)
Schlagworte:
Ptolemaic dynasty, > 305-30 B.C.
Dead Sea scrolls.
Jews > History > To 70 A.D.
Judaism > History > Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Maccabees > History.
Seleucids > History.
Parallelausgabe: Atkinson, Kenneth, 1960-, Hasmoneans and their neighbors : new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources. (Print version:) | ISSN: 9780567680822
Online Zugang: Available online for registrated users of FID
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The sources and their limitations
  • The Early Hasmonean period : new evidence from the Dead Sea scrolls
  • Prophetic messianism and Hasmonean state expansion : dangers from the Seleucid Empire
  • The creation of the Hasmonean monarchy : apocalyptic expectations and the Dead Sea scrolls
  • Religious strife in the Hasmonean state : foreign threats, Ptolemaic messianism, and the true prophet
  • Military deterrence and the Hasmonean golden age : the end of days in the Dead Sea scrolls
  • After the loss of soveriginity : new light on Hasmonean and Roman history from the Dead Sea scrolls and classical texts
  • A dream shattered : the end of the Hasmonean state and the demise of its neighbors.

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