The Maccabean Revolt (168-164 BCE)

1. From Text to Tradition
   1. Hellenistic Reform and the Maccabean Revolt
2. Historical Surveys
   1. Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism- Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part II
3. Primary sources
   1. 2 Maccabees 3-6- The Hellenistic Reform and the Onset of Persecution
   2. 1 Maccabees 1-4- The Maccabean Uprising
   3. 1 Maccabees 4-6- The Rededication of the Temple
   4. 2 Maccabees 11- Letters of Antiochus
   5. 1 Maccabees 7-10- The Final Hasmonean Victory
4. Images
   1. Jason’s Tomb
   2. The Coin of Antigonus.