A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 3: The Maccabaean Revolt, Hasmonaean Rule, and Herod the Great (175-4 BCE) (Library of Second Temple Studies)

by Lester L. Grabbe

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2020

Overview

This is the third volume of the projected four-volume history of the Second Temple period, collecting all that is known about the Jews from the period of the Maccabaean revolt to Hasmonean rule and Herod the Great. Based directly on primary sources, the study addresses aspects such as Jewish literary sources, economy, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Diaspora, causes of the Maccabaen revolt, and the beginning and end of the Hasmonean kingdom and the reign of Herod the Great. Discussed in the context of the wider Hellenistic world and its history, and with an extensive up-to-date secondary bibliography, this volume is an invaluable addition to Lester Grabbe’s in-depth study of the history of Judaism.

Key Features

• Examines history, Jewish identity and the appropriate terminology, and chronology
• Explores Jewish history under Hellenistic rule
• Addresses the wider Hellenistic world and its history

Contents

Part I: Introduction

• Introduction

Part II: Sources

• Archaeology, Including Coins and Inscriptions
• Jewish Literature
• Greek and Latin Sources

Part III: Society and Institutions

• Economics
• Sects and Movements
• Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• The Samaritans: From Sanballat to Vespasia
• The Idumaeans, Arabs and Parthians
• The Diaspora: Jewish Communities Outside Judah from Alexander to Herod
• Causes of the Maccabaean Revolt
• Religion: Temple, Scripture, Belief and Practice

Part IV: Historical Synthesis

• Background: The Ptolemies, the Seleucids, and the Romans
• Events Preceding the Maccabaean Revolt (175-168 BCE): A New Constitution for Jer
• The Maccabean Revolt To the Death of Jud
• The Hasmonaean Kingdom: From Jonathan to Alexandra Salom

Part V: Conclusions

• Judaism From Onias III to Herod the Great-A Holistic Perspective

Product Details

• Title: A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Vol. 3: The Maccabaean Revolt, Hasmonaean Rule, and Herod the Great (175-4 BCE) (Library of Second Temple Studies)
• Author: Lester L. Grabbe
• Series: Library of Second Temple Studies
• Volume: 3
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 640
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jews › History--586 B.C.-70 A.D; Judaism › History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
• ISBNs: 9780567692948, 9780567692955, 9780567703781, 0567692949, 0567692957, 0567703789
• Resource ID: LLS:HSTJWSTMPLPRD03
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:38:39Z

About Lester L. Grabbe

Lester Grabbe (Ph.D. Claremont) is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull, UK. He is the author of Wisdom of Solomon in this series, Good Kings and Bad Kings and A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Vol. 1 (included in the Second Temple Period Collection) and Can a “History of Israel” be Written? (included in the Studies in Old Testament Themes).