2 Maccabees
Overview
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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9783110191189
- ISBN-10: 3110191180
- Publisher: de Gruyter
- Publish Date: October 2008
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.51 pounds
- Page Count: 627
- Reading Level: Ages 22-22
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