The Books of the Maccabees: Literary, Historical, and Religious Perspectives (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensuium, 328)

This Volume Contains The Proceedings Of The 69th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (february 1-3, 2021), Which Focused On New Perspectives In The Research Into The Books Of 1-4 Maccabees. The Contributions Explore The Relevance Of Literary Approaches To The Maccabean Books, Either Comparative Readings That Connect The Maccabean Books With Related Ancient Greek, Roman, And Near Eastern Writings Or Narratological Or Intertextual Approaches. The Historicity Of The Maccabean Books And Their Provenance And Historiography Form A Second Focal Point. Several Contributions Re-assessed The Contested Provenance Of 2 Maccabees And The Historicity Of 1 Maccabees. Two Other New Perspectives Discussed In The Volume Concern Aspects Of The Rich Jewish And Christian Reception Of Maccabean Passages And The Religious Views Presented In The Four Books. Edited By Jan Willem Van Henten. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. 25 English, 5 French, 4 German Contributions. Introduction / Jan Willem Van Henten -- Presidential Address. New Perspectives On 1-4 Maccabees / Jan Willem Van Henten -- Main Papers. Literary Perspectives. Erzählte Macht: Das Sogenannte Simon-dekret (1 Makk 14,27-49) Im Kontext Des Ersten Makkabäerbuchs / Barbara Schmitz -- References To Scripture In The Depictions Of Military Campaigns In 1 Maccabees / Michael Tilly -- Scoundrels, Pious Ones, And Exemplars: Reading 1 Maccabees Through The Lens Of The Dead Sea Scrolls / Eibert Tigchelaar -- Maccabean Traditions / Dov Gera -- Torah And Hybridity In The Framing Of The Fourth Book Of Maccabees / Tessa Rajak -- Historical And Historiographical Perspectives. 2 Maccabées: Révolte Et Persécutions Entre Histoire Et Mémoire / Sylvie Honigman -- Jerusalem Oder Der Tempel Im Zweiten Makkabäerbuch? / Hermann Lichtenberger -- Biblical Historiography, Polybius, And 1 Maccabees / Robert Doran -- Hasmonean Historiography In Its Post-seleucid Context / Benedikt Eckhardt -- A Judaic Perspective On Judean Events : 2 Maccabees As A Diasporic Book / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Les Maccabées Face à La Puissance De Rome / Katell Berthelot -- Offered Papers. 1 Maccabees. Joshua And The Hasmoneans: The Presence And Absence Of The Joshua Narratives Within Hasmonean Historiography / Michaël N. Van Der Meer -- Der αδελφός-begriff Im Ersten Und Zweiten Makkabäerbuch Zur Bezeichnung Von Gruppen / Jana Hock, Valeria Tietze -- Two Cases Of Reconstruction Of The Hebrew Of 1 Maccabees / Natan Evron -- Did 1 Maccabees Turn Galilee Into A Gentile Habitation? A Semantic And Literary Rereading Of Γαλιλαία αλλοφύλων In 1 Maccabees 5,15 / Rex Fortes -- Maccabean Versus Greek War Heroes: A Note On 1 Maccabees 6,43-46 And 2 Maccabees 12,32-35 / Joseph Verheyden -- A Text-critical Issue In 1 Maccabees 7,17: Σάρκας Or Κρέας? / Li Liu -- Amicitia Et Societas Inter Romanos Et Judaeos: Interprétation De 1 Maccabées 8 à La Lumière Des Relations Internationales Dans Le Proche-orient Ancien / Innocent Ouédraogo -- 2 Maccabees. The Toil Of Abbreviating: 2 Maccabees In Comparison With Greek Epitomes / Joshua Alfaro -- Die Aussenpolitik Der Hasmonäer: Eine Analyse Des Zweiten Briefes Des 2. Makkabäerbuches (2 Makk 1,10b-2,18) / Florian Oepping -- Ψυχαγωγία In 2 Maccabees 2,25: Entertainment Or Inspirational Discourse? / Paul B. Decock -- The Martyred Mother's Testimony In 2 Maccabees 7 / Isabella Lemelin -- Was The Author Of 2 Maccabees 7 A Woman? / Gerbern S. Oegema -- Hope In Spite Of Death: An Analysis Of The Vocabulary And The Underlying Ideas Of 2 Maccabees 7,11 / Eberhard Bons -- Gender Stereotypes And Transversity In 2 Maccabees 7,20-21 / Gesila Nneka Uzukwu -- La Foi En La Résurrection Des Corps Vient-elle D'iran? / Christel Koehler -- 3 And 4 Maccabees. Is 3 Maccabees An Exodus Story? / Noah Hacham -- Divine Interventions In War In 3 Maccabees: Some Affinities With Greek Literature / Beatrice Perego -- Structure Et Genèse De 4 Maccabées 13,1-17,1 / Emmanuel Weiss -- Transmission And Reception History. The Earliest Reception Of First Maccabees / Chris Seeman -- About A Horse, A Rider Going To War And The Colour White : Are There Allusions To 2 Maccabees 3,25 And 11,8 In Revelation 19,11? / Soeng Yu Li -- Mater Admirabilis: The Mother Of The Maccabees In Ancient Christian Literature / Giulia Leonardi -- From Latin Into Hebrew: Medieval Hebrew Narrative Adaptation Of The Books Of The Maccabees / Saskia Dönitz -- Reinventing The Hammer: Judith The Maccabee And The Hasmonean Legacy In Sefer Yosippon / Carson Bay.