2 Maccabees : a critical commentary / by Robert Doran ; edited by Harold W. Attridge.
2012
229.73077 D693s 2012
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Title
2 Maccabees : a critical commentary / by Robert Doran ; edited by Harold W. Attridge.
Author
ISBN
9780800660505 (alk. paper)
0800660501 (alk. paper)
0800660501 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2012.
Language
English
Description
xxvi, 361 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
229.73077 D693s 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)742515568
(OCoLC)742515568
(OCoLC)742515568
Summary
"The second-century (B.C.E.) Maccabean revolt against Seleucid oppression was a watershed event in early Jewish history and Second Maccabees is an important testimony to the revolt and its aftermath. Robert Doran's commentary on 2 Maccabees explores the interplay between history and historiography in the document. Providing detailed philological analysis of the elegant Greek of the text, Doran carefully sifts the evidence for the historicity of the events recounted, while giving full attention to the literary and rhetorical qualities that mark this dramatic narrative."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-328) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The letters and the narrative
The narrative
The goals of the author
The date and place of composition
A suggested time line from 2 Maccabees
The text
Commentary
1:1-10a The first prefixed letter
1:10b-17 The second prefixed letter: greetings and well wishes
1:18-36 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter I
2:1-18 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter 2
2:19-32 Prologue
3:1-39 Heliodorus comes to the temple
3:40
4:6 Transition to chaos
4:7-22 Jason as high priest
4:23-50 The death of Onias
5:1
6:9a Antiochus assaults the temple
6:9b-7:42 Righteous martyrs
8:1-36 Judas Maccabeus leads a revolt
9:1-29 The end of Antiochus IV Epiphanes
10:1-8 The purification of the temple
10:9-38 Events under Antiochus V Eupator
11:1-38 Relations with Lysias
Excursus The letter in 2 Maccabees 11-16-38
12:1-45 Battles with local commanders
13:1-26 Struggles with Antiochus and Lysias
14:1-25 Final assault on the temple: the approach of Nikanor and his treaty
14:26-46 Final assault on the temple: the persecution
15:1-36 The defeat of Nikanor
15:37-39 Epilogue.
The letters and the narrative
The narrative
The goals of the author
The date and place of composition
A suggested time line from 2 Maccabees
The text
Commentary
1:1-10a The first prefixed letter
1:10b-17 The second prefixed letter: greetings and well wishes
1:18-36 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter I
2:1-18 The second prefixed letter: the body of the letter 2
2:19-32 Prologue
3:1-39 Heliodorus comes to the temple
3:40
4:6 Transition to chaos
4:7-22 Jason as high priest
4:23-50 The death of Onias
5:1
6:9a Antiochus assaults the temple
6:9b-7:42 Righteous martyrs
8:1-36 Judas Maccabeus leads a revolt
9:1-29 The end of Antiochus IV Epiphanes
10:1-8 The purification of the temple
10:9-38 Events under Antiochus V Eupator
11:1-38 Relations with Lysias
Excursus The letter in 2 Maccabees 11-16-38
12:1-45 Battles with local commanders
13:1-26 Struggles with Antiochus and Lysias
14:1-25 Final assault on the temple: the approach of Nikanor and his treaty
14:26-46 Final assault on the temple: the persecution
15:1-36 The defeat of Nikanor
15:37-39 Epilogue.
Added Author
Series
Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible.
Includes
Bible. Maccabees, 2nd. English. Doran. 2012.
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