The Middle Maccabees : Archaeology, History, and the Rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berlin, Andrea M.

Contributor:

Kosmin, Paul J.

Series:

Archaeology and Biblical Studies

Archaeology and Biblical Studies ; v.28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.

Jews.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.

Judaism.

Maccabees--History.

Maccabees.

Antiquities.

Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D., Hasmonean rebellion to Bar Kokhba Rebellion.

Judaea (Region)--History.

Judaea (Region).

Judaea (Region)--Antiquities.

Middle East--Judaea Region.

Judea (Region) (Israel)--History.

Judea (Region) (Israel)--Antiquities.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Middle Maccabees

Place of Publication:

: Society of Biblical Literature, 2021.

Summary:

"This collection of essays lays out the charged, complicated beginning of an independent Jewish state founded by the Maccabees in the second century BCE. Contributors offer focused, interdisciplinary analyses of the archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, and textual evidence to create a holistic view of Hasmonean history that acknowledges political developments and evolving social responses to continuous militarized conflict involving the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

Figures

The Middle Maccabees

Part 1. Material Evidence

The Regions and Material Evidence

Jerusalem in the Early Hellenistic Period

Hellenistic Military Architecture from the Giv'ati Parking Lot Excavations, Jerusalem

Settlement and History of the Northern Judean Hills and Southern Samaria during the Early Hasmonean Period

Settlements and Borders in the Shephelah from the Fourth to the First Centuries BCE

Settlement in the Southern Coastal Plain ("Philistia") during the Early Hellenistic Periods (Third through Mid-Second Centuries BCE)

Go West

Galilee in the Second Century BCE

The Upper Galilee and the Northern Coast

The Hasmonean Settlement in Galilee

Contribution of the Rhodian Eponyms Amphora Stamps to the History of the Maccabees

John Hyrcanus I's First Autonomous Coins

Part 2. The Wider Stage

Overview

Before the Spark Ignites the Fire

Seleucid Throne Wars

The Machinations of the Ptolemaic State in Its Relationship with Judea (160-104 BCE)

Silver Coinage in Seleucid Coele Syria and Phoenicia

Roman Hegemony and the Hasmoneans

Part 3. Voices

Reading the Middle Maccabees

Competitors to Middle Maccabees

Jewish Voices on Rome and Roman Imperialism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Contributors

Ancient Sources Index

Personal Names Index

Place Names Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780884145042

0884145042

OCLC:

1245662682