by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Background, From Alexander to the Maccabees, The Rabbis
Josephus, War I, 110-12: The Pharisees in Power Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.512. Josephus here gives his opinion about how the Pharisees came to be the dominant party in the time of the Hasmonean queen,...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Background, From Alexander to the Maccabees, Pharisees and Sadducees
Josephus, War II, 119-66: Three Philosophical Schools Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.267-268. Here Josephus elaborates on the three sects which he identifies amongst the Jews. We include here only the material...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Background, From Alexander to the Maccabees, The Maccabean Revolt
1 Maccabees 1-4: The Maccabean Uprising Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions, Ktav, Hoboken 1998, p.156-160 and Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council...
by hadassah | Apr 6, 2008 | Background
Background The Dead Sea Scrolls shed light on the period between Alexander the Great’s conquest of Palestine in 332 BCE through the Great Revolt, which ended in 73 CE, with an emphasis on the period from the Maccabean Revolt (168–164 BCE) through the turn of...
