RT Book
T1 The Hasmoneans and their neighbors: new historical reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources
T2 Jewish and Christian texts in contexts and related studies
A1 Atkinson, Kenneth 1960-
LA English
PP London
PB Bloomsbury Publishing
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1681961105
AB "In this book Kenneth Atkinson adds to his already impressive body of work on the Hasmoneans, proposing that the history and theological beliefs of Jews during the period of the Hasmonean state cannot be understood without a close investigation of the histories of the Ptolemaic and the Seleucid Empires, as well as the Roman Republic. By bringing together evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources, Atkinson offers a new reconstruction of this vital historical period, from the 2nd to the 1st centuries B.C.E., when the Hasmonean family changed the fates of their neighbors, the Roman Republic, the religion of Judaism, and created the foundation for the development of the nascent Christian faith. The book also contains many new reconstructions of events in classical history, including the most detailed examination of Pompey the Great's assassination in light of Jewish sources. This section on his death uncovers new information that explains the discrepancies in the classical accounts of this pivotal event that shaped Middle Eastern and Roman history, and which helped end the Republic."--Bloomsbury Publishing
AB The sources and their limitations -- The Early Hasmonean period : new evidence from the Dead Sea scrolls -- Prophetic messianism and Hasmonean state expansion : dangers from the Seleucid Empire -- The creation of the Hasmonean monarchy : apocalyptic expectations and the Dead Sea scrolls -- Religious strife in the Hasmonean state : foreign threats, Ptolemaic messianism, and the true prophet -- Military deterrence and the Hasmonean golden age : the end of days in the Dead Sea scrolls -- After the loss of soveriginity : new light on Hasmonean and Roman history from the Dead Sea scrolls and classical texts -- A dream shattered : the end of the Hasmonean state and the demise of its neighbors.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN DS121.7
SN 9780567680846
SN 9780567680839
K1 Ptolemaic dynasty : 305-30 B.C
K1 Ptolemaic dynasty
K1 Dead Sea Scrolls
K1 Jews : History : To 70 A.D
K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
K1 Seleucids : History
K1 Maccabees : History
K1 Jews
K1 Judaism
K1 Maccabees
K1 Seleucids
DO 10.5040/9780567680846