The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State (2008 Eshel), book (English ed.)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State (2008) is the English edition of Megilot Kumran veha-medinah ha-Hashmonait (2004 Eshel), book.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans; and Jerusalem [Israel]: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2008.

Table of contents

• The roots of the Hasmonean Revolt: the reign of Antiochus IV
• Questions of identity: the "teacher of righteousness," the "man of lies," and Jonathan the Hasmonean
• The succession of high priests: John Hyrcanus and his sons in the Pesher to Joshua 6:26
• Alexander Jannaeus and his war against Ptolemy Lathyrus
• A prayer for the welfare of King Jonathan
• The Pharisees' conflict with Alexander Jannaeus and Demetrius' invasion of Judaea
• The successors of Alexander Jannaeus and the conquest of Judaea by Pompey
• The assassination of Pompey
• The changing notion of the enemy and its impact on the Pesharim