I Maccabees : a new translation, with introduction and commentary

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As in other volumes of the Cambridge Bible Commentary, there are introductions to the books dealt with, followed by the text of the New English Bible divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it. The preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah gave a new i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Goldstein, Jonathan A., 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Bible. v. 41.
Subjects:
Bible. > Maccabees, 1st > Commentaries.
Bible., O.T., Apocrypha., Maccabees, 1st - Commentaries.
Bible > A.T. > Maccabées, 1er, 1er > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. > Maccabees, 1st
Bibel > Makkabäer > 1.
I Makkabeeën (bijbelboek)
Reference works.
Commentaries.
Ouvrages de référence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The content and character of our two books
  • The extant sources of First and Second Maccabees
  • Josephus and the work of Ono's IV
  • The date and setting of First and Second Maccabees in the polemics of the Hasmonaean period
  • Sources of First and Second Maccabees no longer extant
  • What really happened: the civic and religious policies of Antiochus IV
  • What really happened: chronological table
  • The witnesses to the text
  • Selected bibliography
  • Translation and notes
  • The Hellenistic empire from Alexander to Antiochus IV (1:1-10)
  • The Jewish Hellenizers (1:11-15)
  • The victories of Antiochus IV in Egypt (169 B.C.E.) (1:16-19)
  • Antiochus IV punished the Jews (1:20-64)
  • Mattathias' act of zeal (2:1-26)
  • Mattathias' guerrilla campaign (2:27-48)
  • Mattathias' last words (2:49-70)
  • Judas' early victories (3:1-26)
  • The king marches eastward (3:27-37)
  • Judas defeats Nicanor and Gorgias (3:38--4:25)
  • Lysias fails to crush Judas' band (4:26-35)
  • The restoration of the temple (4:36-61)
  • Wars with hostile neighbors (5:1-68)
  • The death of Antiochus IV (6:1-17)
  • The expedition of Antiochus V and Lysias (6:18-63)
  • The high priest Alcimus and the campaign of Nicanor (7:1-50)
  • The alliance with Rome (8:1-32)
  • The death of Judas (9:1-22)
  • Jonathan succeeds Judas (9:23-31)
  • Jonathan as guerrilla chieftan (9:32-73)
  • Alexander Balas makes Jonathan high priest (10:1-21)
  • Jonathan grows in power (10:22-66)
  • Jonathan defeats Apollonius (10:67-89)
  • The fall of Alexander Balas (11: 1-19)
  • Demetrius II honors Jonathan and the Jews (11:20-37)
  • Jonathan breaks with Demetrius II (11:38-59)
  • Victories under Antiochus VI (11:60-74)
  • Diplomacy with Rome and Sparta (12:1-23)
  • Further gains under Antiochus VI (12:24-38)
  • Tryphon treacherously captures Jonathan (12:39-53)
  • Simon leads the Jews to liberty (13:1-42)
  • Further victories under Simon (13:43-53)
  • Simon's glory (14:1-49)
  • Simon is bold to Antiochus VII (15:1-36)
  • Simon and sons rout Kendebaios (15:37-16:10)
  • Simon's death (16:11-24).

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