Abstract:The article endorses the view that the royal decrees for the Jerusalem temple inserted in Ezra-Nehemiah (and First Esdras) are not genuine, and explores the historical conditions in which they were composed. It points to similarities between the topical content of Antiochus III’s decree issued in 200/198 BCE (Josephus, Ant. 12.138–144) and that of the Persian decrees, and argues that the latter were based on the former. They were composed in the context of the Maccabean crisis, when it was claimed that Jason c… Show more
“…The nature of the persecution is debated. Two major monographs now argue that most of it was invented by Hasmonean propaganda : Honigman 2014;Bernhardt 2017. 46.…”
“…The nature of the persecution is debated. Two major monographs now argue that most of it was invented by Hasmonean propaganda : Honigman 2014;Bernhardt 2017. 46.…”
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