Tales of High Priests and Taxes (eBook)

Preface and Acknowledgments
General Introduction

PART I. IOUDAÏSMOS: 1 AND 2 MACCABEES AS DYNASTIC HISTORY
Methodological Introduction: The Modern Semantic Categories of "Religion" and "Politics" and Ancient Societies
1. 2 Maccabees as Dynastic History
2. Temple Foundation and Royal Legitimacy: A Narrative Pattern and Its Message
3. Ioudaïsmos as the Legitimate Social Order Founded by Judas Maccabee
4. Royal High Priests and Temple Foundation: The Narrative Pattern and the Hasmonean Political Order 
Conclusion 

PART II. HELLENISMOS: THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF 1 AND 2 MACCABEES
Methodological Introduction: Symbolic Universe, Cultural Codes, and Causal Analysis in 1 and 2 Maccabees 
5. Hellenismos: The Social Order of the Wicked Rivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees 
6. The "Religious Persecution" in the Light of Ancient Judean Cultural and Narrative Codes 
7. The Causes of the Rebellion according to 1 and 2 Maccabees 
Conclusion 

PART III. HISTORY: THE JUDEAN REBELLION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 200–164 B.C.E. 
From Literary Analysis to History: A Summary of the Conclusions of Parts I and II 
8. Judea and Koile Syria and Phoinike under Antiochos III, 200–187 B.C.E. 
9. Seleukos IV Philopator and the Revision of Antiochos III’s Settlement in Judea, 187–175 B.C.E. 
10. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Reforms, 175–ca. 172 B.C.E. 
11. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Suppression of the Rebellion, 169/8–164 B.C.E. 

Appendix A. The Literary Composition of 1 Maccabees 
Appendix B. The Literary Composition of 2 Maccabees 
Abbreviations 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index of Subjects
Index Locorum