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Thy Brother's Blood
The Maccabees and Dynastic Morality in the Hellenistic World
Thy Brother's Blood
The Maccabees and Dynastic Morality in the Hellenistic World
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Through exploring the particular importance of the fraternal relationship among the dynasties of the Hellenistic world in Thy Brother's Blood, Dr. Benjamin Scolnic demonstrates how adherence to or rejection of the "morality of kinship" literally changed the world. This in-depth book reviews fraternal relationships in the Bible and Greek and Roman mythology to create models for the falls of the Attalids of Pergamon and the Antigonids of Macedonia. The ancient writers from Rome to Jerusalem valued fraternal bonds and used fratricide as the symbol for internal dissension within nations. Using a focalized approach, Dr. Scolnic cautions that historians sometimes were so consumed with the metaphor of fraternity that they ignored the historical realities. He demonstrates this by providing a historical and moral context for the fall of one Judean dynasty, the Zadokite high priests, and for the rise and fall of the Hasmonaean dynasty, known to the world as the Maccabees.
Table of Contents
Part 2 Fraternal Relationships in the Myths of the Ancient World
Chapter 3 The Sin of Cain: Fratricide in the Bible
Chapter 4 Sibling Rivalry in Greek Mythology
Chapter 5 Fraternal Pietas: The Foundation Story of Romulus and Remus
Part 6 The Fraternal Bonds of the Attalids of Pergamon
Chapter 7 The Attalid Brothers
Chapter 8 Present Power and Future Expectations
Chapter 9 Fraternal Dissension and the Fall of the Attalid Dynasty
Part 10 Perseus vs. Demetrius and the Fall of the Antigonids
Chapter 11 The Foundation of Macedonian Kingship
Chapter 12 Philip V of Macedonia
Chapter 13 Polybius on Perseus and Demetrius
Chapter 14 Polybius on the Crimes of Philip V
Chapter 15 Supernatural Paraphernalia
Chapter 16 Polybius on Philip V's Earlier Crime
Chapter 17 Tyche in Polybius
Chapter 18 Livy on Perseus and Demetrius
Chapter 19 Why Did Macedonia Fall?
Part 20 Jason and the Fall of the Zadokite Dynasty
Chapter 21 2Maccabees on Jason
Chapter 22 Jason and the Agon
Chapter 23 2Maccabees 1:1-10a
Chapter 24 1Maccabees and Josephus on Jason
Chapter 25 Usurpation
Chapter 26 Jason's Return to Jerusalem
Chapter 27 Jason's Name
Chapter 28 Jason in History
Part 29 Fraternal Relationships and the Hasmonaeon Dynasty
Chapter 30 Judas and his Brothers
Chapter 31 Why Did Johnathan Become the next Hasmonaean Leader?
Chapter 32 Why were the Maccabees Bured in Pyramid Tombs?
Chapter 33 Aristobulus and His Brothers
Chapter 34 To Value the Present More than the Future
Part 35 Conclusions
Part 36 Works Cited
Product details
| Published | Oct 22 2007 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 220 |
| ISBN | 9780761839125 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 231 x 153 mm |
| Series | Studies in Judaism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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