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.
Abstract
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