{"product_id":"tales-of-high-priests-and-taxes-9780520383142","title":"Tales of High Priests and Taxes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkably comprehensive . . . \u003ci\u003eTales of High Priests and Taxes\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be at the center of discussion in the coming years.\" * Journal of Jewish Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. IOUDAÏSMOS: 1 AND 2 MACCABEES AS DYNASTIC HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Introduction: The Modern Semantic Categories of “Religion” and “Politics” and Ancient Societies\u003cbr\u003e1. 2 Maccabees as Dynastic History\u003cbr\u003e2. Temple Foundation and Royal Legitimacy: A Narrative Pattern and Its Message\u003cbr\u003e3. Ioudaïsmos as the Legitimate Social Order Founded by Judas Maccabee\u003cbr\u003e4. Royal High Priests and Temple Foundation: The Narrative Pattern and the Hasmonean Political Order \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II. HELLENISMOS: THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF 1 AND 2 MACCABEES\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Introduction: Symbolic Universe, Cultural Codes, and Causal Analysis in 1 and 2 Maccabees \u003cbr\u003e5. Hellenismos: The Social Order of the Wicked Rivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees \u003cbr\u003e6. The “Religious Persecution” in the Light of Ancient Judean Cultural and Narrative Codes \u003cbr\u003e7. The Causes of the Rebellion according to 1 and 2 Maccabees \u003cbr\u003eConclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III. HISTORY: THE JUDEAN REBELLION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 200–164 B.C.E. \u003cbr\u003eFrom Literary Analysis to History: A Summary of the Conclusions of Parts I and II \u003cbr\u003e8. Judea and Koile Syria and Phoinike under Antiochos III, 200–187 B.C.E. \u003cbr\u003e9. Seleukos IV Philopator and the Revision of Antiochos III’s Settlement in Judea, 187–175 B.C.E. \u003cbr\u003e10. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Reforms, 175–ca. 172 B.C.E. \u003cbr\u003e11. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Suppression of the Rebellion, 169\/8–164 B.C.E. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A. The Literary Composition of 1 Maccabees \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B. The Literary Composition of 2 Maccabees \u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex of Subjects\u003cbr\u003eIndex Locorum","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402953204055,"sku":"9780520383142","price":28.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520383142.jpg?v=1730481953","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tales-of-high-priests-and-taxes-9780520383142","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}