Jewish Resistance to Greek Domination

AHST 222 / 322 Lecture 20:

Modern Authors:

B. Bar-Kochva, Judas Maccabeus: the Jewish Struggle against the Seleucids, Cambridge, 1989
J. Goldstein, 1 Maccabees
Peter Green, Alexander to Actium
E.S. Gruen, “Hellenism and Persecution”, in Hellenistic History and Culture, ed. P. Green (Berkeley, 1993).
Niels Hyldahl, “The Maccabean Rebellion and the Question of ‘Hellenisation’”, in Religion and Religious Practice in the Seleucid Kingdom, ed. P. Bilde, et. al., Aarhus, 1990, pp. 188ff.,
N.M. Kennell, “New Light on 2 Maccabees 4:7-15”, Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 61.1, 2005, pp. 10-24
F. Millar, “The Background to the Maccabean Revolution: reflections on Martin Hengel's Judaism and Hellenism”, Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 29, 1978, pp. 1-21
O. Mørkholm (catalogued as Moerkholm), Antiochus IV of Syria, Copenhagen, 1966
J. Sievers, The Hasmoneans and their Supporters

Ancient Authors:

1 Maccabees, written perhaps originally in Hebrew but now available only in Greek
2 Maccabees, epitome of Jason of Cyrene
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities (Nicolaus of Damascus),
Daniel, especially chapter 11.
Polybius, Livy, Appian, fragments elsewhere, and in Egypt papyri for some events.

People, Places, Events:

198: Battle of Panium	The Tobiad family: Josephus, A.J. 12.138ff.	189: Battle of Magnesia
188: Peace of Apamea	Antiochus III	Seleucus IV
Heliodorus	Onias III	Jason
Coele-Syria.	Menelaus	Perseus
Ptolemy VI Philometor	Ptolemy VIII Physcon	Battle of Pydna, 167 B.C.
Popillius Laenas	Alcimus	Antiochus V Eupator

Terminology

Politeuma	Ephebes	Petasos
Hellenismos	Protoklisia	Hasidim