Maccabean Revolt Research Paper
Maccabean Revolt
Lester L. Grabbe Professor Emeritus of University of Hull article called Life Under Empire, has this to say about the world in which the Maccabean revolt blossomed. “The Jewish people have spent most of their history under one empire or another. Only for a short time under the Judahite monarchy and for less than a century under the Hasmoneans was Judah a genuinely independent state. The biblical text is generally positive toward Persian rule, but this is probably the result of a strategy to elicit Persian goodwill toward the Jews (there is little in the historical sources to suggest that the Persian Empire was less oppressive than the Assyrians and Babylonians before them)” (BO Grabbe 4/26).
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Eventually he would disregards all Jewish teachings and sacrifices a Swine on the alter. Thusly he performs “the Abomination on abomination.” In 167/66 Antiochus IV formally begins his persecution of the Jews by banning all Jewish Practices this formally starts the Maccabean revolt but tensions have been building for some time. In 165-161 Judas Maccabeus rules, beginning Hasmonean dynasty. On164 Death of Antiochus IV; the Maccabees retake Jerusalem and the temple and rededicate it, instituting the feast of Chanukah. Basically The Maccabean revolt started as a response to the forced and manipulative Hellenization process. Birch raises this point “Issues of identity that had been critical importance’s for Judaism during the Persian person were raised again as the cultural force of Hellenism impinged upon Jews, both in diaspora particular Alexandria and in the homeland” (Birch 424). He continues on to explain in more details what the context said revolt. “The books of Maccabees reflecting editions of the second century BCE overly attests to the struggle between enforced Hellenization and Jews in the land the book of Daniel also reflects this crisis. However, the historical references in Daniel are less obverts, a feature that enables the book of address a broader
Lester L. Grabbe Professor Emeritus of University of Hull article called Life Under Empire, has this to say about the world in which the Maccabean revolt blossomed. “The Jewish people have spent most of their history under one empire or another. Only for a short time under the Judahite monarchy and for less than a century under the Hasmoneans was Judah a genuinely independent state. The biblical text is generally positive toward Persian rule, but this is probably the result of a strategy to elicit Persian goodwill toward the Jews (there is little in the historical sources to suggest that the Persian Empire was less oppressive than the Assyrians and Babylonians before them)” (BO Grabbe 4/26).
Based on class I know that during …show more content…
Eventually he would disregards all Jewish teachings and sacrifices a Swine on the alter. Thusly he performs “the Abomination on abomination.” In 167/66 Antiochus IV formally begins his persecution of the Jews by banning all Jewish Practices this formally starts the Maccabean revolt but tensions have been building for some time. In 165-161 Judas Maccabeus rules, beginning Hasmonean dynasty. On164 Death of Antiochus IV; the Maccabees retake Jerusalem and the temple and rededicate it, instituting the feast of Chanukah. Basically The Maccabean revolt started as a response to the forced and manipulative Hellenization process. Birch raises this point “Issues of identity that had been critical importance’s for Judaism during the Persian person were raised again as the cultural force of Hellenism impinged upon Jews, both in diaspora particular Alexandria and in the homeland” (Birch 424). He continues on to explain in more details what the context said revolt. “The books of Maccabees reflecting editions of the second century BCE overly attests to the struggle between enforced Hellenization and Jews in the land the book of Daniel also reflects this crisis. However, the historical references in Daniel are less obverts, a feature that enables the book of address a broader