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Tales Of High Priests And Taxes

by Sylvie Honigman

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: University Of California Press
  • 23 x 23 x 3.6 cm

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In the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great, the ancient world of the Bible--the ancient Near East--came under Greek rule, and in the land of Israel, time-old traditions met Greek culture. But with the accession of King Antiochos IV, the soft power of culture was replaced with armed conflict, and soon the Jews rebelled against their imperial masters, as recorded in the Biblical books of the Maccabees. Whereas most scholars have dismissed the biblical accounts of religious persecution and cultural clash, Sylvie Honigman combines subtle literary analysis with deep historical insight to show how their testimony can be reconciled with modern historical analysis by conversing with the biblical authors, so to speak, in their own language to understand the ways they described their experiences. Honigman contends that these stories are not mere fantasies but genuine attempts to cope with the massacre that followed the rebellion by giving it new meaning. This reading also discloses fresh political and economic factors.
Tales Of High Priests And Taxes and The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria
The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in AlexandriaTales Of High Priests And Taxes

  • Author

    Sylvie Honigman

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    University Of California Press

  • Published

    March 2021

  • Weight

    831g

  • Dimensions

    23 x 23 x 3.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780520383142

  • ISBN-10

    0520383141

  • Eden Code

    5305726

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