History Of The Jewish People Vol 2

ISBN-13: 9780710310958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 348 str.

Riggs; Daniel Herwitz; Michael Kelly

Opis

Covering the period between 180 B.C. and 80 B.C., this volume deals with the Maccabean uprising and the subsequent struggle for religious and political freedom. It also examines the coming of the Romans and the reign of Herod.

Spis treści

Part I The Maccabean Period of Jewish History; ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; ChapterII The Causes and Occasion of the Maccabean Uprising; ChapterIII The Successful Struggle for Religious Freedom; ChapterIV The Long Contest for Political Freedom; ChapterV The Attainment of Independence; ChapterVI Judaism in Syria and Egypt; ChapterVII The Happy Days of Simon’s Reign; ChapterVIII Territorial Expansion Under John Hyrcanus; ChapterIX Internal Divisions and the Growth of Part Ies; ChapterX The Revival of Hellenism and the Struggle of Part Ies; ChapterXI Fatal Dissensions, and the Coming of the Romans; Part II The Roman Period of Jewish History; Part 2ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; Part 2ChapterII The Troublous Times of Hyrcanus II; Part 2ChapterIII The Last of the Hasmoneans; Part 2ChapterIV Herod, the King of the Jews (37–4 B. C.); Part 2ChapterV Herod Under Augustus; Part 2ChapterVI In the Days of Herod The King; Part 2ChapterVII The Inner Life of the Nation; Part 2ChapterVIII Herod’s Sons and King Agrippa; Part 2ChapterIX In the Hands of Rome; Part 2ChapterX The Final Catastrophe; Part 2ChapterXI Glimpses of Judaism in Palestine After the War and of Judaism in the Dispersion;

O autorze

James Stevenson Riggs