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Mattathias and the Destiny of His People
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Scholars have questioned every aspect of the story of Mattathias in 1 Maccabees; the revisionist narrative turns Mattathias and his Maccabees from the heroes of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and idealistic fighters for religious freedom, into merely ambitious men who ruthlessly strove for power and usurped the high priesthood of Judaea. Dr. Benjamin Edidin Scolnic takes a fresh, unbiased approach to every element of the story: the incident at Modeïn, Mattathias's priestly credentials and their implications for his beliefs, the meaning of personal ambition and the greater ambition to create the Jewish kingdom promised by the sacred biblical texts, the meaning of circumcision in his time, and the decision to fight on the Sabbath. Mattathias's actions of zealous violence, as controversial as they were in both his day and as they often are seen today, were primarily for the preservation of his religion and people. Dr. Scolnic asserts that it was Mattathias who defined Judaism and Jewishness for his time.

Author Biography:

Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, a scholar and rabbi, is the author of ten other books, including Thy Brother's Blood: The Maccabees and Dynastic Morality in the Hellenistic World. He is a professor in the Program of Judaic Studies at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been the rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden, Connecticut since 1983.
Release date NZ
April 12th, 2010
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
262
Dimensions
155x233x19
ISBN-13
9780761851172
Product ID
6291970

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