02587nam 2200565 450 991082899860332120230421053744.01-283-20122-497866132012250-567-62000-X(CKB)2670000000106504(EBL)742513(OCoLC)741691033(SSID)ssj0000520599(PQKBManifestationID)11358138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520599(PQKBWorkID)10530166(PQKB)10733414(MiAaPQ)EBC742513(Au-PeEL)EBL742513(CaPaEBR)ebr10866902(CaONFJC)MIL320122(OCoLC)893335485(EXLCZ)99267000000010650420010823h19981998 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr1 Maccabees /John R. BartlettSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1998]©19981 online resource (112 p.)Guides to Apocrypha and PseudepigraphaDescription based upon print version of record.1-85075-763-1 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.CONTENTS; Preface; Text, Translations and Commentaries, and Other Major Words; Abbreviations; 1. The Origin of 1 Maccabees; 2. The Composition of 1 Maccabees; 3. Chronology and Sequence; 4. Chapters 1 and 2: The Decree of Antiochus; 5 Chapters 3.1-9.22: The Acts of Judas; 6. Chapters 9.23-16.24: Jonathan, Simon - and John; 7. Epilogue: The Historian; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThis is a book for anyone interested in the political and cultural results of the entry of the small state of Judah and its capital Jerusalem into the wider Hellenistic world in the second century BCE. In particular it forms a helpful introduction to the biblical writing called 1 Maccabees, which is preserved in the Apocrypha. 1 Maccabees is a history of the rebellion of the Jews against their Syrian rulers in the 160s BCE. The rebellion's leader was Judas Maccabee, and from his family and its success sprang a dynasty that ruled Judah for the century before the arrival of Herod the Great. TheGuides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.229/.73Bartlett John R(John Raymond),886456MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK99108289986033211 Maccabees3924582UNINA