Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans
Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 1 March 2018
- ISBN 9780198811381
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages278 pages
- Size 242x164x23 mm
- Weight 588 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This work considers a series of Jewish stories that describe cruxes in the history of the Hasmonean revolt and the Hasmonean kingdom, embedded both in the narrative of Flavius Josephus and in the halakhic-exegetical compositions of rabbinic literature.
MoreLong description:
The shifting image of the Hasmoneans in the eyes of their contemporaries and later generations is a compelling issue in the history of the Maccabean revolt and the Hasmonean commonwealth. Based on a series of six Jewish folktales from the Second Temple period that describe the Hasmonean dynasty and its history from its legendary founders, through achievement of full sovereignty, to downfall, this volume examines the Hasmoneans through the lens of reception history. On the one hand, these brief, colorful legends are embedded in the narrative of the historian of the age, Flavius Josephus; on the other hand, they are scattered throughout the extensive halakhic-exegetical compositions known as rabbinic literature, redacted and compiled centuries later.
Each set of parallel stories is examined for the motivation underlying its creation, its original message, language, and the historical context. This analysis is followed by exploration of the nature of the relationship between the Josephan and the rabbinic versions, in an attempt to reconstruct the adaptation of the putative original traditions in the two corpora, and to decipher the disparities, different emphases, reworking, and unique orientations typical of each. These adaptations reflect the reception of the pristine tales and thus disclose the shifting images of the Hasmoneans in later generations and within distinct contexts. The compilation and characterization of these sources which were preserved by means of two such different conduits of transmission brings us closer to reconstruction of a lost literary continent, a hidden Jewish "Atlantis" of early pseudo-historical legends and facilitates examination of the relationship between the substantially different libraries and worlds of Josephus and rabbinic literature.
... the work deserves careful consideration. Scholars will find here much to ponder.
Table of Contents:
List of Abbreviations
Translator's Note
Introduction
Nicanor's Defeat
John Hyrcanus and a Heavenly Voice
The Rupture with the Pharisees
Alexander Janneus/The Priest Who Was Pelted with Citrons
Alexander Janneus's Instructions to His Wife
The Fratricidal Hasmonean Conflict and the Murder of Onias
The Image of the Hasmoneans: A New Perspective
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