The Hasmoneans and their neighbors : new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources /: new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth Atkinson.
• Authors: Atkinson, Kenneth, 1960-
• Contents: AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Sources and their Limitations 2. The Early Hasmonean Period: New Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls 3. Prophetic Messianism and Hasmonean State Expansion: Dangers from the Seleucid Empire 4. The Creation of the Hasmonean Monarchy: Apocalyptic Expectations and the Dead Sea Scrolls 5. Religious Strife in the Hasmonean State: Foreign Threats, Ptolemaic Messianism, and the True Prophet 6. Military Deterrence and the Hasmonean Golden Age: The End of Days in the Dead Sea Scrolls 7. After the Loss of Sovereignty: New Light on Hasmonean and Roman History from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Texts 8. A Dream Shattered: the End of the Hasmonean State and the Demise of its Neighbors BibliographyIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 933.04; Maccabees; Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D; Middle East -- History -- To 622; Syria -- History -- 333 B.C.-634 A.D; Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567680839
• Related ISBNs: 9780567680822
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