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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Remarkably comprehensive . . .
Tales of High Priests and Taxes deserves to be at the center of discussion in the coming years." * Journal of Jewish Studies *
"Honigman presents a sophisticated, encompassing, and ultimately persuasive reconstruction of the political, economic, cultural and literary forces at work that resulted in the production of these two puzzling books." * Heythrop Journal *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
General Introduction
PART I. IOUDAÏSMOS: 1 AND 2 MACCABEES AS DYNASTIC HISTORY
Methodological Introduction: The Modern Semantic Categories of “Religion” and “Politics” and Ancient Societies
1. 2 Maccabees as Dynastic History
2. Temple Foundation and Royal Legitimacy: A Narrative Pattern and Its Message
3. Ioudaïsmos as the Legitimate Social Order Founded by Judas Maccabee
4. Royal High Priests and Temple Foundation: The Narrative Pattern and the Hasmonean Political Order
Conclusion
PART II. HELLENISMOS: THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF 1 AND 2 MACCABEES
Methodological Introduction: Symbolic Universe, Cultural Codes, and Causal Analysis in 1 and 2 Maccabees
5. Hellenismos: The Social Order of the Wicked Rivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees
6. The “Religious Persecution” in the Light of Ancient Judean Cultural and Narrative Codes
7. The Causes of the Rebellion according to 1 and 2 Maccabees
Conclusion
PART III. HISTORY: THE JUDEAN REBELLION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 200–164 B.C.E.
From Literary Analysis to History: A Summary of the Conclusions of Parts I and II
8. Judea and Koile Syria and Phoinike under Antiochos III, 200–187 B.C.E.
9. Seleukos IV Philopator and the Revision of Antiochos III’s Settlement in Judea, 187–175 B.C.E.
10. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Reforms, 175–ca. 172 B.C.E.
11. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Suppression of the Rebellion, 169/8–164 B.C.E.
Appendix A. The Literary Composition of 1 Maccabees
Appendix B. The Literary Composition of 2 Maccabees
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index Locorum
