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The first two chapters discuss the religious practices of the Hasmoneans. Chapter 1 explores why the Maccabees regarded Hanukkah as a festival of renewal, specifically of those traditions related to the Temple cult. Chapter 2 examines the manner in which the Hasmoneans used the protection and maintenance of the Jewish Temple to legitimize their ruleâand how they worked to place the Temple at the center of the Jewish religion. Chapters 3â5 deal with different perspectives in the Hellenistic world on the role of government and royal ideologies. Specifically, chapter 3 explores both the Hellenistic and Jewish contexts for Hasmonean government and kingship. Regev shows how the Hasmonean dynasty built up its religious (in contrast to political) authority, suggesting that the Hasmonean state was not a conventionally Hellenistic one, but rather a 'national' monarchy, closer to Macedonian in type. Chapter 4 attempts to decipher the meaning of the symbols and epigraphs on Hasmonean coins, and examines how both Hellenistic symbols and Jewish concepts were employed to reinforce the dynasty's authority and introduce Jewish 'national' ideas into the populace. Chapter 5 then undertakes a comparative social-archaeological analysis of the Hasmonean palaces in Jericho in an effort to gain insight into their royal ideology. The author compares the Hasmonean palaces to other Hellenistic palaces â especially the Herodian palaces. Finally, the concluding chapter integrates the previous findings into a new understanding of and appreciation for the Hasmoneans' creation of an innovative Jewish corporal identity, one whose echoes we can still hear today.
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society.
60
It
was
one
of
several
festivals
that
the
Maccabees
instituted
in
order
to
commemorate
their
military
victories
for
the
coming
generations.
Addi-
tional
festivals
are
the
Day
of
Nicanor
(13
in
Adar ;
1
Macc
7:48â49;
2
Macc
15:36),
and
the
day
of
the
removal
of
the
citadel
in
Jerusalem,
the
last
remnant
of
gentile
oppression
(1
Macc
13 :49 â 52).
These
three
festivals
stressed
Hasmonean
authority
and
ideology.
61
60
For
these
aspects
of
ritual,
see
Lukes
1977:esp.
68.
61
See
van
Henten
2007:268.
As
for
the
procedure
in
which
H
.
anukkah
was
instituted,
it
seems
that
first
Judah
and
his
brothers
decided
to
establish
a
new
festival
(1
Macc
4:59),
then
followed
a
decision
of
the
assembly
(2
Macc
10:8),
as
was
latter
in
the
case
of
Nicanor
Day
(2
Macc
15:36).
H
.
anukkah
as
a
Political
Festival
57
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Introduction
- Chapter One: កanukkah and the Temple of the Maccabees
- Chapter Two: The Centrality of the Temple in Hasmonean Ideology
- Chapter Three: Leading the People: Establishing Hasmonean Authority
- Chapter Four: Hasmonean Kingship in Hellenistic and Jewish Contexts
- Chapter Five: Hasmonean Coinage as Political Discourse
- Chapter Six: Royal Ideology in the Hasmonean Palaces in Jericho
- Chapter Seven: Hasmonean Construction of the Jewish Collective Identity
- Conclusions: Power through Piety
- References
- List of Plates
- General Index
- Back Cover
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