Regev The Hasmoneans

Ideology, Archaeology, Identity
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-647-55043-5
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten

Reihe: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements

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 maintenance of the Jewish Temple to legitimize their rule—and how they worked to place the Temple at the center of the Jewish religion. Chapters 3–5 deal with different perspectives in the Hellenistic world on the role of government and royal ideologies. Specifically, chapter 3 explores both the Hellenistic and Jewish contexts for Hasmonean government and kingship. Regev shows how the Hasmonean dynasty built up its religious (in contrast to political) authority, suggesting that the Hasmonean state was not a conventionally Hellenistic one, but rather a ‘national’ monarchy, closer to Macedonian in type. Chapter 4 attempts to decipher the meaning of the symbols and epigraphs on Hasmonean coins, and examines how both Hellenistic symbols and Jewish concepts were employed to reinforce the dynasty’s authority and introduce Jewish ‘national’ ideas into the populace. Chapter 5 then undertakes a comparative social-archaeological analysis of the Hasmonean palaces in Jericho in an effort to gain insight into their royal ideology. The author compares the Hasmonean palaces to other Hellenistic palaces – especially the Herodian palaces. Finally, the concluding chapter integrates the previous findings into a new understanding of and appreciation for the Hasmoneans’ creation of an innovative Jewish corporal identity, one whose echoes we can still hear today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Regev, Eyal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover
;1
2;Title Page
;4
3;Copyright
;5
4;Preface
;6
5;Table of Contents
;8
6;Body
;12
7;Introduction;12
7.1;1. Hasmonean Ideology : Previous Scholarship and Methodology;13
7.2;2. The Maccabean Revolution: The Transformation of Jewish Identity;16
7.3;3. The Pursuit of Hellenism;19
7.4;4. The Sources: Panegyric and Hostile Historiographies;26
7.4.1;1 Maccabees;26
7.4.2;2 Maccabees;28
7.5;5. Ideology, Legitimization, and Power;32
7.6;6. A Note on Terms and Translations;36
8;Chapter One: .anukkah and the Temple of the Maccabees;37
8.1;1. .anukkah as Days of Millu’im;37
8.2;2. .anukkah as the “Festival of Tabernacles” in 2 Maccabees;39
8.3;3. Consecration Ceremonies, Ritual Legends, and Temple Ideology in the Second Letter of 2 Maccabees;48
8.4;4. .anukkah as a Political Festival;55
9;Chapter Two: The Centrality of the Temple in Hasmonean Ideology;59
9.1;1. The Ideology of the Temple in 1 Maccabees;60
9.2;2. Eupolemus, Solomon’s Temple, and the Maccabean Ideology;67
9.3;3. The Temple and Hasmonean Political Power according to Josephus;70
9.4;4. Temple Practices: the Half-Shekel Tribute and Pilgrimage;74
9.5;5. Diaspora Acquiescence: 2 Maccabees and Aristeas;83
9.6;6. Moral Opposition to the Hasmonean Temple: Qumran and the Psalms of Solomon;94
9.7;7. Conclusions: When Politics Meets Religion;99
10;Chapter Three: Leading the People: Establishing Hasmonean Authority;104
10.1;1. High Priesthood and Authority in the Persian and Hellenistic Periods;105
10.2;2. Mattathias the Zealot;108
10.3;3. Judah the Savior;109
10.4;4. Jonathan the Judge ;112
10.5;5. Simon the Elected High Priest;114
10.6;6. John Hyrcanus the Prophet;118
10.7;7. The Hasmoneans as Religious Leaders;119
10.8;8. Priestly Descent and the Zadokite Problem;121
10.9;9. Becoming Monarchs: Hellenistic Honors and the Accumulation of Wealth;125
10.10;10. Conclusions: Hasmonean “National” Monarchy;128
11;Chapter Four: Hasmonean Kingship in Hellenistic and Jewish Contexts;130
11.1;1. Introduction: Were the Hasmoneans Legitimate Kings?;130
11.2;2. Hellenistic Royal Ideology;132
11.3;3. The Idea of Kingship in the Hebrew Bible;143
11.4;4. The Quest for Kingship in Ancient Judaism;148
11.5;5. The Pros and Cons of Hasmonean Kingship;155
11.6;6. Conclusions;174
12;Chapter Five: Hasmonean Coinage as Political Discourse;176
12.1;1. Introduction: Background and Method;176
12.2;2. Hasmonean Authority: High Priests or Kings?;183
12.3;3. .eber ha-yehudim and the Hasmoneans’ Collective Jewish Identity;187
12.4;4. The Symbols: Political, Religious, or “National”?;200
12.5;5. Reading Political History in the Hasmonean Coins;215
12.6;6. Conclusions;222
13;Chapter Six: Royal Ideology in the Hasmonean Palaces in Jericho;225
13.1;1. Introduction: Aims and Methods;225
13.2;2. Plain Courts: The Size and Function of the Hasmonean Palaces;226
13.3;3. The Internal Structure of the Hasmonean Palaces: Access Analysis;233
13.4;4. Royal Water: Swimming Pools and Gardens;247
13.5;5. The Hasmonean Bathhouses;252
13.6;6. Jewish Royal-Priestly Purity : Ritual Baths;254
13.7;7. Excursus: Identifying the Palaces of Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II;256
13.8;8. Unembellished Pottery;258
13.9;9. Royal Feasts;261
13.10;10. Disposal of Vessels and Priestly Purity;262
13.11;11. Conclusions: Internal Modesty and External Propaganda ;264
14;Chapter Seven: Hasmonean Construction of the Jewish Collective Identity;267
14.1;1. Popular Support for the Hasmoneans’ Territorial Conquests;268
14.2;2. Wars, Judaization, and Hasmonean Transformations of JewishIdentity;274
14.3;3. Novel Features of Hasmonean Jewish Collective Identity;279
14.4;4. Social Identity and the Symbolic Construction of Jewish Collectivity;285
14.5;5. Insights from Modern Nationalism;289
15;Conclusions: Power through Piety;294
16;References;298
17;List of Plates;325
18;General Index ;332
19;Back Cover
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Über Autor(innen)

Regev, Eyal
Eyal Revev ist Professor am Fachbereich für Israelstudien und Archäologie an der Bar-Ilan Universität in Ramat Gan, Israel.