The Middle Maccabees: archaeology, history, and the rise of the Hasmonean Kingdom
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- The Middle Maccabees -- Part 1. Material Evidence -- The Regions and Material Evidence -- Jerusalem in the Early Hellenistic Period -- Hellenistic Military Architecture from the Giv'ati Parking Lot Excavations, Jerusalem -- Settlement and History...
| Resumo: | Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- The Middle Maccabees -- Part 1. Material Evidence -- The Regions and Material Evidence -- Jerusalem in the Early Hellenistic Period -- Hellenistic Military Architecture from the Giv'ati Parking Lot Excavations, Jerusalem -- Settlement and History of the Northern Judean Hills and Southern Samaria during the Early Hasmonean Period -- Settlements and Borders in the Shephelah from the Fourth to the First Centuries BCE -- Settlement in the Southern Coastal Plain ("Philistia") during the Early Hellenistic Periods (Third through Mid-Second Centuries BCE) -- Go West -- Galilee in the Second Century BCE -- The Upper Galilee and the Northern Coast -- The Hasmonean Settlement in Galilee -- Contribution of the Rhodian Eponyms Amphora Stamps to the History of the Maccabees -- John Hyrcanus I's First Autonomous Coins -- Part 2. The Wider Stage -- Overview -- Before the Spark Ignites the Fire -- Seleucid Throne Wars -- The Machinations of the Ptolemaic State in Its Relationship with Judea (160-104 BCE) -- Silver Coinage in Seleucid Coele Syria and Phoenicia -- Roman Hegemony and the Hasmoneans -- Part 3. Voices -- Reading the Middle Maccabees -- Competitors to Middle Maccabees -- Jewish Voices on Rome and Roman Imperialism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Personal Names Index -- Place Names Index. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (523 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88414-504-2 |
