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Pages: 233
Pages: 233
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-04 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Kenneth Atkinson adds to an already impressive body of work on the Hasmoneans, proposing that the history and theological beliefs of Jews during the period of t
Language: en
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-22 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Kenneth Atkinson tells the exciting story of the nine decades of the Hasmonean rule of Judea (152 - 63 BCE) by going beyond the accounts of the Hasmoneans in Jo
Language: en
Pages: 342
Pages: 342
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-19 - Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
The first two chapters discuss the religious practices of the Hasmoneans. Chapter 1 explores why the Maccabees regarded Hanukkah as a festival of renewal, speci
Language: en
Pages: 684
Pages: 684
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-06-13 - Publisher: BRILL
Two millennia ago, the Jewish priest-turned-general Flavius Josephus, captured by the emperor Vespasian in the middle of the Roman-Jewish War (66–70 CE), spen
Language: en
Pages: 492
Pages: 492
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-13 - Publisher: BRILL
The essays in Sacred Texts and Disparate Interpretations shed new light on core themes in Qumran studies, such as the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, his
