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The Rise and Fall of Jewish Nationalism (1992) is a book by Doron Mendels.

Abstract

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Doubleday, 1992). Reissued in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.

Contents

Introduction: The Problem -- 1. Nationalism in the Hellenistic World in the Third Through First Centuries B.C.E. -- 2. Nationalism and the Concept of History in the Ancient Near East -- 3. Jewish Kingship in the Hasmonean Period -- 4. The Concept of Territory: Borders and Boundaries (200-63 B.C.E.) -- 5. Jerusalem: Capital, Temple, and Cult (200-63 B.C.E.) -- 6. From Militia to Army, 168-63 B.C.E. -- 7. The Jewish Nationalistic Movement -- After the Roman Occupation of Palestine -- 8. Kingship after the Roman Occupation -- From Basileia to Alternative Concepts -- 9. From the Territorial to the A-Territorial (after the Roman Occupation) -- 10. Jerusalem and the Temple, 63 B.C.E.-66 C.E. -- 11. The Army, 63 B.C.E.-70 C.E. -- 12. Nationalism in Revolution: The Great War Against Rome (66-70 C.E.) -- 13. The "Polemus Quietus" and the Revolt of Bar Kokhba, 132-135 C.E. -- Epilogue: What Did Greek and Latin Authors Think of Jewish Nationalism?

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