A History of the Hasmonean State
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A History of the Hasmonean State

Josephus and Beyond

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A History of the Hasmonean State

Josephus and Beyond

About this book

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 Josephus in order to bring together new evidence to reconstruct how the Hasmonean family transformed their kingdom into a state that lasted until the arrival of the Romans. Atkinson reconstructs the relationships between the Hasmonean state and the rulers of the Seleucid and the Ptolemaic Empires, the Itureans, the Nabateans, the Parthians, the Armenians, the Cappadocians, and the Roman Republic. He draws on a variety of previously unused sources, including papyrological documentation, inscriptions, archaeological evidence, numismatics, Dead Sea Scrolls, pseudepigrapha, and textual sources from the Hellenistic to the Byzantine periods. Atkinson also explores how Josephus's political and social situation in Flavian Rome affected his accounts of the Hasmoneans and why any study of the Hasmonean state must go beyond Josephus to gain a full appreciation of this unique historical period that shaped Second Temple Judaism, and created the conditions for the rise of the Herodian dynasty and the emergence of Christianity.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780567686954
eBook ISBN
9780567669032
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Jewish History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. HalfTitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 2 The Creation of the Hasmonean State
  11. Chapter 3 John Hyrcanus: His Role During Simon’s Reign and his Consolidation of Political and Secular Powers
  12. Chapter 4 Judah Aristobulus: The Creation of the Hasmonean Monarchy
  13. Chapter 5 Alexander Jannaeus: A Period of conquest and expansion
  14. Chapter 6 Shelamzion Alexandra: A Hasmonean Golden Age
  15. Chapter 7 Pompey and the Hasmoneans: Hyrcanus II, Aristobulus II, and the End of the Hasmonean State
  16. Chapter 8 After the Roman Conquest
  17. Chapter 9 Conclusion: Josephus, Rome, and the Hasmonean History
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index of References
  20. Index of Authors