1 Maccabees: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries) - Hardcover

Book 54 of 59: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

Schwartz, Daniel R.

 
9780300159936: 1 Maccabees: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300159935 ISBN 13: 9780300159936
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2022

Synopsis

A new translation and commentary on I Maccabees that offers a fresh interpretation of the author’s values and purpose
 
First Maccabees, composed in the second century BCE, chronicles four decades of clashes between Hellenistic Syria and Judea, from Antiochus Epiphanes’s ascent to the throne in 175 BCE to the Hasmoneans’ establishment of an independent Judean state, ruled by Simon and his sons.
 
In this volume, Daniel R. Schwartz provides a new translation of the Greek text and analyzes its historical significance. In dialogue with contemporary scholarship, the introduction surveys the work’s themes, sources, and transmission, while the commentary addresses textual details and issues of historical reconstruction, often devoting special attention to the lost Hebrew original and its associations. Schwartz demonstrates that 1 Maccabees, despite its Hebraic biblical style and its survival within the Christian canon, deviates from biblical and Judaic works by marginalizing God, evincing scorn for martyrs, and ascribing to human power and valor crucial historical roles. This all fits its mandate: justification of the Hasmonean dynasty, especially the Simonides.

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About the Author

Daniel R. Schwartz is the Herbst Family Professor of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0300159935
ISBN 13 
9780300159936
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
504