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Judaism defined : Mattathias and the destiny of his people /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scolnic, Benjamin Edidin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2010.
Series:Studies in Judaism.
Subjects:
Mattathias > (Jewish priest)
Bible. > Maccabees > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Maccabees.
Jews > History > 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Maccabées.
Juifs > Histoire > 168 av. J.-C.-135.
Bible. > Maccabees.
Jews.
Mattatias > Bibel.
Makkabäer.
Makkabäer > (Buch, 1.
Frühjudentum.
Jews > History > 168 B.C.-135 A.D., Hasmonean rebellion to Bar Kokhba Rebellion.
Bible. > Apocrypha. > Maccabees > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Scholarly views of Mattathias
  • Mattathias's act of rebellion
  • Mattathias and the priestly clan of Jehoiarib
  • Mattathias and the ambitions of the Maccabees
  • Mattathias and the meaning of circumcision
  • Mattathias and defensive war on the Sabbath
  • The nature and provenance of 1 Maccabees
  • Mattathias and the definition of Judaism.