1 Maccabees / / John R. Bartlett

• Autore: Bartlett John R (John Raymond)
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Disciplina: 229/.73
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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. The
• Titolo autorizzato: 1 Maccabees
• ISBN: 1-283-20122-4; 9786613201225; 0-567-62000-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828998603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.