Queen Salome: Jerusalem’s Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E. (2012 Atkinson), book

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Queen Salome: Jerusalem’s Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E. (2012) is a book by Kenneth Atkinson.

Abstract

"Virtually unknown today, Queen Salome remained so unique that historians have largely ignored her rather than try to explain the perplexing circumstances that brought her to power. This volume recreates Queen Salome's fascinating life and the time in which she lived--an age when women ruled the Middle East ... As the ruler of Judea from 76 to 67 B.C.E., Queen Salome Alexandra (ca. 141 B.C.E.–67 B.C.E.) appointed the kingdom’s high priest, led its men in battle, subjugated neighboring kings, and stopped the religious violence that plagued her society. Presiding over Judea’s greatest period of peace and prosperity, she shaped the Judaism of Jesus’ day as well as our own. Virtually unknown today, Queen Salome remained so unique that historians have largely ignored her rather than try to explain the perplexing circumstances that brought her to power. This volume recreates Queen Salome’s fascinating life and the time in which she lived—an age when women ruled the Middle East."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2012.

Contents

pt. One: Troubled times -- The silent women of Judea: recovering Salome Alexandra's name -- A world of divided loyalties: Hellenism, Judaism, or both? -- pt. Two: Warrior priests -- A family of warrior-priests: the Hasmoneans -- Seeking Judea's missing women: uncovering Salome Alexandra's lost years -- John Hycranus: the prophet? -- pt. Three: Warrior queens -- A Judean woman who did not know her place: Salina Alexandra -- Warrios queens to the North: Cleopatra Thea and her descendants -- Warrior queens of Egypt: Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III -- pt. Four: Salome Alexandra ascendant -- A man who knew his place: King Alexander Jannaeus -- Queen triumphant: the improbable rise of Salome Alexandra -- Judea's Golden Age: the blessing of Salome Alexandra -- tp. Five: The mysterious women of the desert -- "The fornication of the prostitute": Salome Alexandra and the mysterious women of the Dead Sea scrolls -- The dancing women of the Egyptian desert: the mysterious Therapeutae -- pt. Six: Salome Alexandra's reign -- "A wonderful administrator": Saloma Alexandra's pacification of the Middle East -- Contention and conflict: Salome Alexandra's final struggle -- pt. Seven: Salome Alexandra's legacy -- The last Hasmoneans: the other Alexandra.

External links

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