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2 Maccabees

  • Hardback
  • 617 pages
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter& Co
  • 15.5 x 23 x 3.9 cm

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"2 Maccabees" is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Greek and told from a Jewish-Hellenistic perspective, "2 Maccabees" narrates and interprets the ups and downs of events that took place in Jerusalem prior to and during the Maccabean revolt: institutionalized Hellenization and the foundation of Jerusalem as a polis; the persecution of Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes, accompanied by famous martyrdoms; and the rebellion against Seleucid rule by Judas Maccabaeus. "2 Maccabees" is an important source both for the events it describes and for the values and interests of the Judaism of the Hellenistic diaspora that it reflects - which are often quite different from those represented by its competitor, "1 Maccabees."
2 Maccabees and 1 Maccabees
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  • Title

    2 Maccabees

  • Author

    Daniel R. Schwartz

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Walter de Gruyter& Co

  • Published

    February 2008

  • Weight

    1022g

  • Page Count

    617

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9783110191189

  • ISBN-10

    3110191180

  • Eden Code

    1188900