The books of the Maccabees : literary, historical and religious perspectives / edited by Jan Willem van Henten.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Henten, Jan Willem van, 1955- editor.

Conference Name:

Journées bibliques de Louvain (69th : 2021 : Online)

Series:

Bibliotheca Ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium ; 328.

Bibliotheca Ephemeridum theologicarum Lovaniensium ; CCCXXVIII

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Bible. Maccabees--Criticism and interpretation.

Bible.

Third Book of Maccabees--Criticism and interpretation.

Third Book of Maccabees.

Fourth Book of Maccabees--Criticism and interpretation.

Fourth Book of Maccabees.

Bible. Maccabees.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 734 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2022.

Language Note:

25 English, 5 French, 4 German contributions.

Summary:

"This volume contains the proceedings of the 69th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (February 1-3, 2021), which focused on new perspectives in the research into the books of 1-4 Maccabees. The contributions explore the relevance of literary approaches to the Maccabean books, either comparative readings that connect the Maccabean books with related ancient Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern writings or narratological or intertextual approaches. The historicity of the Maccabean Books and their provenance and historiography form a second focal point. Several contributions re-assessed the contested provenance of 2 Maccabees and the historicity of 1 Maccabees. Two other new perspectives discussed in the volume concern aspects of the rich Jewish and Christian reception of Maccabean passages and the religious views presented in the four books." --Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction / Jan Willem van Henten

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

New perspectives on 1-4 Maccabees / Jan Willem van Henten

MAIN PAPERS

Literary perspectives

Erzählte Macht: Das sogenannte Simon-Dekret (1 Makk 14,27-49) im Kontext des Ersten Makkabäerbuchs / Barbara Schmitz

References to scripture in the depictions of military campaigns in 1 Maccabees / Michael Tilly

Scoundrels, pious ones, and exemplars: Reading 1 Maccabees through the lens of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Eibert Tigchelaar

Maccabean traditions / Dov Gera

Torah and hybridity in the framing of the fourth book of Maccabees / Tessa Rajak

Historical and historiographical perspectives

2 Maccabées: révolte et persécutions entre histoire et mémoire / Sylvie Honigman

Jerusalem oder der Tempel im Zweiten Makkabäerbuch? / Hermann Lichtenberger

Biblical historiography, Polybius, and 1 Maccabees / Robert Doran

Hasmonean historiography in its post-Seleucid context / Benedikt Eckhardt

A Judaic perspective on Judean events : 2 Maccabees as a diasporic book / Daniel R. Schwartz

Les Maccabées face à la puissance de Rome / Katell Berthelot

OFFERED PAPERS

1 Maccabees

Joshua and the Hasmoneans: The presence and absence of the Joshua narratives within Hasmonean historiography / Michaël N. van der Meer

Der αδελφός-Begriff im Ersten und Zweiten Makkabäerbuch zur Bezeichnung von Gruppen / Jana Hock, Valeria Tietze

Two cases of reconstruction of the Hebrew of 1 Maccabees / Natan Evron

Did 1 Maccabees turn Galilee into a Gentile habitation? A Semantic and literary rereading of Γαλιλαία αλλοφύλων in 1 Maccabees 5,15 / Rex Fortes

Maccabean versus Greek war heroes: A note on 1 Maccabees 6,43-46 and 2 Maccabees 12,32-35 / Joseph Verheyden

A text-critical issue in 1 Maccabees 7,17: Σάρκας or Κρέας? / Li Liu

Amicitia et Societas inter Romanos et Judaeos: interprétation de 1 Maccabées 8 à la lumière des relations internationales dans le Proche-Orient ancien / Innocent Ouédraogo

2 Maccabees

The toil of abbreviating: 2 Maccabees in comparison with Greek epitomes / Joshua Alfaro

Die Aussenpolitik der Hasmonäer: Eine Analyse des Zweiten Briefes des 2. Makkabäerbuches (2 Makk 1,10b-2,18) / Florian Oepping

Ψυχαγωγία in 2 Maccabees 2,25: Entertainment or inspirational discourse? / Paul B. Decock

The martyred mother's testimony in 2 Maccabees 7 / Isabella Lemelin

Was the author of 2 Maccabees 7 a woman? / Gerbern S. Oegema

Hope in spite of death: An analysis of the vocabulary and the underlying ideas of 2 Maccabees 7,11 / Eberhard Bons

Gender stereotypes and transversity in 2 Maccabees 7,20-21 / Gesila Nneka Uzukwu

La foi en la résurrection des corps vient-elle d'Iran? / Christel Koehler

3 and 4 Maccabees

Is 3 Maccabees an Exodus story? / Noah Hacham

Divine interventions in War in 3 Maccabees: Some affinities with Greek literature / Beatrice Perego

Structure et genèse de 4 Maccabées 13,1-17,1 / Emmanuel Weiss

Transmission and reception history

The earliest reception of First Maccabees / Chris Seeman

About a horse, a rider going to war and the colour white: Are there allusions to 2 Maccabees 3,25 and 11,8 in Revelation 19,11? / Soeng Yu Li

Mater admirabilis: The mother of the Maccabees in ancient Christian literature / Giulia Leonardi

From Latin into Hebrew: Medieval Hebrew narrative adaptation of the books of the Maccabees / Saskia Dönitz

Reinventing the hammer: Judith the Maccabee and the Hasmonean legacy in Sefer Yosippon / Carson Bay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

British Library not licensed to copy 0.

ISBN:

9789042950214

9042950218

OCLC:

1371807922

Publisher Number:

9789042950214