2 Maccabees
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Berlin ; New York, NY
Walter de Gruyter
[2008]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Commentaries on early jewish literature (CEJL)
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-188 DE-706 DE-29 DE-19 DE-824 DE-384 URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
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| Beschreibung: | 2 Maccabees is a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Greek and told from a Jewish-Hellenistic perspective, 2 Maccabees narrates and interprets the ups and downs of events that took place in Jerusalem prior to and during the Maccabean revolt: institutionalized Hellenization and the foundation of Jerusalem as a polis; the persecution of Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes, accompanied by famous martyrdoms; and the rebellion against Seleucid rule by Judas Maccabaeus. 2 Maccabees is an important source both for the events it describes and for |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 617 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9783110211207 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110211207 |