A History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond

by Kenneth Atkinson

Book Overview

Kenneth Atkinson tells the exciting story of the nine decades of the Hasmonean rule of Judea (152 - 63 BCE) by going beyond the accounts of the Hasmoneans in Josephus in order to bring together new evidence to reconstruct how the Hasmonean family transformed their kingdom into a state that lasted until the arrival of the Romans.

Atkinson reconstructs the relationships between the Hasmonean state and the rulers of the Seleucid and the Ptolemaic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567686957
• ISBN13: 9780567686954
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"