The Hasmoneans and Their Neighbors: New Historical Reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Sources

by Kenneth Atkinson

Book Overview

Kenneth Atkinson adds to an already impressive body of work on the Hasmoneans, proposing that the history and theological beliefs of Jews during the period of the Hasmonean state cannot be understood without a close investigation of the histories of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires, as well as the Roman Republic. Citing evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls and classical sources, Atkinson offers a new reconstruction of this vital historical period,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567693473
• ISBN13: 9780567693471
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"