ON MATTATHIAS AND THE DESERT OF SAMARIA
The Desert of Samaria, possessed geographic features which made it ideal for concealment. Its deep jutting valleys and numerous caves served as a refuge for those seeking shelter such as in the case of the Samaritans who fled there to Wadi Daliyeh sometime after 332 B.C.E. The southeastern section o...
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Peeters
1991
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Revue biblique
Year: 1991, Volume: 98, Issue: 2, Pages: 252-271 |
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| Summary: | The Desert of Samaria, possessed geographic features which made it ideal for concealment. Its deep jutting valleys and numerous caves served as a refuge for those seeking shelter such as in the case of the Samaritans who fled there to Wadi Daliyeh sometime after 332 B.C.E. The southeastern section of this desert also bordered on the Gophna Mountains, the heartland of Jewish opposition to Greek rule after the flight of Mattathias from Modiin in 167 B.C.E. (I Mace. 2:15-28) and the beginning of the Hasmonean Revolt. It is our contention that the « Desert Dwellers » of I Maccabees, that group seeking justice and vindication and which upon detection by Greek forces was subsequently slaughtered (I Mac. 2:29-41), fled not to the Judean Desert, as has often been claimed, but to the Desert of Samaria. Le désert de Samarie possède des caractéristiques géographiques qui en font un lieu d'asile idéal. Ses profondes vallées et ses nombreuses grottes servent d'abri pour ceux qui recherchent une cachette, comme les Samaritains qui s'enfuirent au Wadi Daliyeh peu après 332 av. J.-C. La partie sudest de ce désert longe les Monts de Gophna, le coeur de l'opposition juive à l'autorité grecque après la fuite de Mattathias de Modîn en 167 av. J.-C. (I. Macc. 2, 15-28) et le début de la révolte asmonéenne. Notre proposition est que les « habitants du désert » de I Maccabées sont ce groupe qui, repéré par les forces grecques puis massacré (I Macc. 2, 29-41), s'était enfui non au désert de Juda, comme cela a été souvent dit, mais au désert de Samarie. |
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| ISSN: | 2466-8583 |
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