The Hasmoneans : : ideology, archaeology, identity / / Eyal Regev.

• Author: Regev, Eyal.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The first two chapters discuss the religious practices of the Hasmoneans. Chapter 1 explores why the Maccabees regarded Hanukkah as a festival of renewal, specifically of those traditions related to the Temple cult. Chapter 2 examines the manner in which the Hasmoneans used the protection and mainte...

Table of Contents

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Table of Contents; Body; Introduction; 1. Hasmonean Ideology : Previous Scholarship and Methodology; 2. The Maccabean Revolution: The Transformation of Jewish Identity; 3. The Pursuit of Hellenism; 4. The Sources: Panegyric and Hostile Historiographies; 1 Maccabees; 2 Maccabees; 5. Ideology, Legitimization, and Power; 6. A Note on Terms and Translations; Chapter One: Hạnukkah and the Temple of the Maccabees; 1. Hạnukkah as Days of Millu'im; 2. Hạnukkah as the "Festival of Tabernacles" in 2 Maccabees
• 3. Consecration Ceremonies, Ritual Legends, and Temple Ideology in the Second Letter of 2 Maccabees4. Hạnukkah as a Political Festival; Chapter Two: The Centrality of the Temple in Hasmonean Ideology; 1. The Ideology of the Temple in 1 Maccabees; 2. Eupolemus, Solomon's Temple, and the Maccabean Ideology; 3. The Temple and Hasmonean Political Power according to Josephus; 4. Temple Practices: the Half-Shekel Tribute and Pilgrimage; 5. Diaspora Acquiescence: 2 Maccabees and Aristeas; 6. Moral Opposition to the Hasmonean Temple: Qumran and the Psalms of Solomon
• 7. Conclusions: When Politics Meets ReligionChapter Three: Leading the People: Establishing Hasmonean Authority; 1. High Priesthood and Authority in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods; 2. Mattathias the Zealot; 3. Judah the Savior; 4. Jonathan the Judge ; 5. Simon the Elected High Priest; 6. John Hyrcanus the Prophet; 7. The Hasmoneans as Religious Leaders; 8. Priestly Descent and the Zadokite Problem; 9. Becoming Monarchs: Hellenistic Honors and the Accumulation of Wealth; 10. Conclusions: Hasmonean "National" Monarchy; Chapter Four: Hasmonean Kingship in Hellenistic and Jewish Contexts
• 1. Introduction: Were the Hasmoneans Legitimate Kings?2. Hellenistic Royal Ideology; 3. The Idea of Kingship in the Hebrew Bible; 4. The Quest for Kingship in Ancient Judaism; 5. The Pros and Cons of Hasmonean Kingship; 6. Conclusions; Chapter Five: Hasmonean Coinage as Political Discourse; 1. Introduction: Background and Method; 2. Hasmonean Authority: High Priests or Kings?; 3. Hẹber ha-yehudim and the Hasmoneans' Collective Jewish Identity; 4. The Symbols: Political, Religious, or "National"?; 5. Reading Political History in the Hasmonean Coins; 6. Conclusions
• Chapter Six: Royal Ideology in the Hasmonean Palaces in Jericho1. Introduction: Aims and Methods; 2. Plain Courts: The Size and Function of the Hasmonean Palaces; 3. The Internal Structure of the Hasmonean Palaces: Access Analysis; 4. Royal Water: Swimming Pools and Gardens; 5. The Hasmonean Bathhouses; 6. Jewish Royal-Priestly Purity : Ritual Baths; 7. Excursus: Identifying the Palaces of Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II; 8. Unembellished Pottery; 9. Royal Feasts; 10. Disposal of Vessels and Priestly Purity; 11. Conclusions: Internal Modesty and External Propaganda
• Chapter Seven: Hasmonean Construction of the Jewish Collective Identity