The Dead Sea scrolls and the Hasmonean state / Hanan Eshel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eshel, Ḥanan.

Series:

Sidrat sifre meḥḳar ʻal ha-ʻet ha-ʻatiḳah

Studies in the Dead Sea scrolls and related literature

Series of studies on the ancient period

Standardized Title:

Megilot Ḳumran ṿeha-medinah ha-Ḥashmonaʼit. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Maccabees--History--Sources.

Maccabees.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. ; Jerusalem, Israel : Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2008.

Summary:

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State is the first book dedicated solely to the question of how we can learn political history from the Qumran scrolls. This English edition of Hanan Eshel's 2004 Hebrew publication updates that earlier work with more recent scholarship, now also including English-language resources.

Contents:

The roots of the Hasmonean Revolt: the reign of Antiochus IV

Questions of identity: the "teacher of righteousness," the "man of lies," and Jonathan the Hasmonean

The succession of high priests: John Hyrcanus and his sons in the Pesher to Joshua 6:26

Alexander Jannaeus and his war against Ptolemy Lathyrus

A prayer for the welfare of King Jonathan

The Pharisees' conflict with Alexander Jannaeus and Demetrius' invasion of Judaea

The successors of Alexander Jannaeus and the conquest of Judaea by Pompey

The assassination of Pompey

The changing notion of the enemy and its impact on the Pesharim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

תרגום של: מגילות קומראן והמדינה החשמונאית.

ISBN:

0802862853

9780802862853

OCLC:

227032910