Benjamin Edidin Scolnic

Judaism Defined

Mattathias and the Destiny of His People

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the story of Mattathias in 1Maccabees and asserts that Mattathias defined Judaism and Jewishness for his time. Mattathias's actions of zealous violence, as controversial as they were viewed to be in both his day and today, were primarily for the preservation of his religion and people.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Judaism
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780761851172
• ISBN-10: 0761851178
• Artikelnr.: 29026972

Autorenporträt

By Benjamin Edidin Scolnic

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Scholarly Views of Mattathias Chapter 3:
Mattathias's Act of Rebellion Chapter 4: Mattathias and the Priestly Clan
of Jehoiarib Chapter 5: Mattathias and the Ambitions of the Maccabees
Chapter 6: Mattathias and the Meaning of Circumcision Chapter 7: Mattathias
and Defensive Warfare on the Sabbath Chapter 8: The Nature and the
Provenance of 1 Macabees Chapter 9: Mattathias and the Definition of
Judaism Chapter 10 Select Bibliography