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2 Maccabees /
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 re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Commentaries on early Jewish literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 617 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-126) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110211207 3110211203 9786611990817 661199081X |