Was the Rejection of Gifts One of the Reasons for the Outbreak of the Maccabean Revolt? A Preliminary Note on the Role of Gifting in the Book of 1 Maccabees
The article deals with the role of gift-giving during the period of the first Hasmoneans. Whereas Mattathias rejected gifts and other grants offered by the Seleucids (and by doing so sharpened the rift between Jews and Seleucids), from Jonathan onwards the Hasmoneans became players within this frame...
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Language: | English |
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Sage
2011
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2011, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 243-256 |
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B Hasmonean policies B Humiliation B rhetoric of gifting B Reciprocity B Concession B Hellenistic kings B Hellenistic etiquette |
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