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Judaism Defined
Mattathias and the Destiny of His People
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2010
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Scholars have questioned every aspect of the story of Mattathias in 1 Maccabees; the revisionist narrative turns Mattathias and his Maccabees from the heroes of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and idealistic fighters for religious freedom, into merely ambitious men who ruthlessly strove for power and usurped the high priesthood of Judaea. Dr. Benjamin Edidin Scolnic takes a fresh, unbiased approach to every element of the story: the incident at Mode n, Mattathias's priestly credentials and their implications for his beliefs, the meaning of personal ambition and the greater ambition to create the Jewish kingdom promised by the sacred biblical texts, the meaning of circumcision in his time, and the decision to fight on the Sabbath. Mattathias's actions of zealous violence, as controversial as they were in both his day and as they often are seen today, were primarily for the preservation of his religion and people. Dr. Scolnic asserts that it was Mattathias who defined Judaism and Jewishness for his time.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5117-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5118-9
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
256
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Table of Contents No access
Chapter 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: Scholarly Views of Mattathias No access Pages 13 - 18
Chapter 3: Mattathias's Act of Rebellion No access Pages 19 - 26
Chapter 4: Mattathias and the Priestly Clan of Jehoiarib No access Pages 27 - 44
Chapter 5: Mattathias and the Ambitions of the Maccabees No access Pages 45 - 98
Chapter 6: Mattathias and the Meaning of Circumcision No access Pages 99 - 178
Chapter 7: Mattathias and Defensive War on the Sabbath No access Pages 179 - 216
Chapter 8: The Nature and Provenance of 1 Maccabees No access Pages 217 - 228
Chapter 9: Mattathias and the Definition of Judaism No access Pages 229 - 234
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 246
Studies in Judaism Titles in the Series Published by University Press of America No access Pages 247 - 256
