A History of the Hasmonean State - Josephus and Beyond

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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• Authors: Kenneth Atkinson, Kenneth (University of Northern Iowa Atkinson, Professor Kenneth (University of Northern Iowa Atkinson
• Assisted by: James H. Charlesworth (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780567686954
• ISBN: 978-0-567-68695-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Jewish and Christian Texts; Criminal Practice Series; Jewish and Christian Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Christianity, Jewish Studies, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics