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Mr Bartlett's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the New English Bible. After a general introduction to the book as a whole, the text is given in short passages, with a commentary directly following each. These Jewish historical works, the two books of the Maccabees, were written to describe the struggles of the Jews in the second century BC against encroachment of the Greek way of life and against the political domination of the Syrians. The particular purpose of this commentary is to bring out the political and religious motives of the various parties to the struggle.

Table of Contents
The world of the Maccabees; The dating of events in 1 and 2 Maccabees; The Syrian administration; Ancient writers who describe this period; The First Book of the Maccabees; The original text and its date; The author's approach to the work; The historical value of I Maccabees; The author; Antiochus and the Jewish revolt; The war under Judas and Jonathan; Jonathan rules the nation; The high-priesthood of Simon; The Second Book of the Maccabees; The original text and its date; The author's approach to the work; The historical value of 2 Maccabees; The author.

Cambridge Bible Commentaries The First and Second Books of the Maccabees Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Apocrypha

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/19/1973 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521097499, 978-0521097499
      ISBN10: 0521097495
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mr Bartlett's volume, like the others in the series, contains the text in the New English Bible. After a general introduction to the book as a whole, the text is given in short passages, with a commentary directly following each. These Jewish historical works, the two books of the Maccabees, were written to describe the struggles of the Jews in the second century BC against encroachment of the Greek way of life and against the political domination of the Syrians. The particular purpose of this commentary is to bring out the political and religious motives of the various parties to the struggle.

      Table of Contents
      The world of the Maccabees; The dating of events in 1 and 2 Maccabees; The Syrian administration; Ancient writers who describe this period; The First Book of the Maccabees; The original text and its date; The author's approach to the work; The historical value of I Maccabees; The author; Antiochus and the Jewish revolt; The war under Judas and Jonathan; Jonathan rules the nation; The high-priesthood of Simon; The Second Book of the Maccabees; The original text and its date; The author's approach to the work; The historical value of 2 Maccabees; The author.

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