I Maccabees

By Anonymous and Jonathan A. Goldstein

Book Overview

Formerly one of the largest and most militant Islamic organizations in the Middle East, Egypt's al-Gama'ah al-Islamiyah is believed to have played an instrumental role in numerous acts of global terrorism, including the assassination of President Anwar Sadat and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In later years, however, the organization issued a surprising renunciation of violence, repudiating its former ideology and replacing it with a shari'ah-based understanding and assessment of the purpose and proper application of jihad.

This key manifesto of modern Islamist thought is now available to an English-speaking audience in an eminently readable translation by noted Islamic scholar Sherman A. Jackson. Unlike other Western and Muslim critiques of violent extremism, this important work emerges from within the movement of Middle Eastern Islamic activism, both challenging and enriching prevailing notions about the role of Islamists in fighting the scourge of extremist politics, blind anti-Westernism, and, alas, wayward jihad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300265999
• ISBN13: 9780300265996
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

1 and 2 Maccabees A New Translation

The New translation of the Maccabees Bible took me down an historical and spirtual path of enlightenment that not only educated but also motivated me to apply many of the disciplines of the Maccabee dynasty in my own everyday life. For the scholar and the lay person alike, Goldstein's commentary provides additional insight into the terms, contradictions and many interpretations that abound within the Maccabees Bible. I personally found the books to be both insperational and educational.