1-2 Maccabees as "contemporary history"

THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION:

Modern Scholarship on 1–2 Maccabees in Its Historical Context: Three Episodes

What are the theological implications of the First and Second Books of Maccabees, as well as their reception and interpretation in modern scholarship? Although these texts recount the same historical events—the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire—their differing portrayals have elicited distinct responses from historians and theologians within Christian and Jewish traditions.

See also, Ancient Jewish Historians and the German Reich (De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2024).

By Daniel R. Schwartz
Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
August 2024

Cross-file under New Book.

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