The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State. By Hanan Eshel
Eshel's purpose is to correct and supplement the historiographical sources on the Hasmonean dynasty from the Qumran manuscripts. However, only a handful of Scrolls name known historical figures, and only two of these can be unambiguously identified. Chapter 1, on the roots of the Hasmonean revo...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 634-636 |
| Review of: | The Dead Sea scrolls and the Hasmonean state (Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2008) (Davies, Philip R.)
The Dead Sea scrolls and the Hasmonean state (Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub, 2008) (Davies, Philip R.) |
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| Summary: | Eshel's purpose is to correct and supplement the historiographical sources on the Hasmonean dynasty from the Qumran manuscripts. However, only a handful of Scrolls name known historical figures, and only two of these can be unambiguously identified. Chapter 1, on the roots of the Hasmonean revolt, features 4Q248, a pseudo-historical text ‘predicting’ an ‘Antiochus’ identified by Eshel with Antiochus IV (‘Epiphanes’). Because it mentions no anti-Jewish measures, he suggests that it predates 167 and attests ‘messianic’ (he means ‘eschatological’) expectations in Judaea at around 170 bce (p. 19). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flp035 |