An edition of The First and Second Books of the Maccabees (1973)

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Mr. Bartlett's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the New English Bible. After a general introduction to the book as a whole, the text is given in short passages, with a commentary directly following each. These Jewish historical works, the two books of the Maccabees, were written to describe the struggles of the Jews in the second century B.C. against the encroachment of the Greek way of life and against the political domination of the Syrians. The particular purpose of this commentary is to bring out the political and religious motives of the various parties to the struggle. The world is very conscious of the struggle of minority groups against alien masters and alien cultures, and 1 and 2 Maccabees have much to say to those who wish to understand the problems of small groups or nations with strongly held convictions. - Back cover.

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English
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357

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Makkaba˜er (Buch, II.), Bible, Makkaba˜er (Buch, I.), I Makkabeee˜n (bijbelboek), Makkaba˜er <Buch, I. II.>, II Makkabeee˜n (bijbelboek), Commentaires, Commentaries, Makkabäer (Buch, I.), I Makkabeeën (bijbelboek), Makkabäer (Buch, II.), II Makkabeeën (bijbelboek), Makkabäer <Buch, I. II.>, Bible, commentaries, o. t.

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Table of Contents

The footnotes to the N.E.B. text
The world of the Maccabees
The dating of events in 1 and 2 Maccabees
The Syrian administration
Ancient writers who describe this period
The First Book of the Maccabees.
The original text and its date
The author's approach to the work
The historical value of 1 Maccabees
The author
Antiochus and the Jewish revolt
The war under Judas and Jonathan
Jonathan rules the nation
The high priesthood of Simon
The Second Book of the Maccabees.
The original text and its date
The author's approach to the work
The historical value of 2 Maccabees
The author
Foreword : Letters to the Jews in Egypt
Preface to this abridgement
Syrian oppression of the Jews
The revolt of Judas Maccabaeus
The campaign against Eupator
The victory of Maccabaeus over Nicanor
The value for us of 1 and 2 Maccabees
A note on further reading

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 348.

Series
The Cambridge Bible commentary: New English Bible

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
229/.73/07
Library of Congress
BS1825.3 .B37, BS1825.3

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 357 p.
Number of pages
357
Dimensions
19 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL5304828M
Internet Archive
firstsecondbooks0000unse
ISBN 10
0521086582, 0521097495
LCCN
72087436
OCLC/WorldCat
661675
Library Thing
805911
Goodreads
4770246

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