{"product_id":"2-maccabees-daniel-r-schwartz-9783110191189","title":"2 Maccabees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees \u003c\/em\u003eis a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Greek and told from a Jewish-Hellenistic perspective, \u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees\u003c\/em\u003e narrates and interprets the ups and downs of events that took place in Jerusalem prior to and during the Maccabean revolt: institutionalized Hellenization and the foundation of Jerusalem as a polis; the persecution of Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes, accompanied by famous martyrdoms; and the rebellion against Seleucid rule by Judas Maccabaeus. \u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees \u003c\/em\u003eis an important source both for the events it describes and for the values and interests of the Judaism of the Hellenistic diaspora that it reflects - which are often quite different from those represented by its competitor, \u003cem\u003e1 Maccabees\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel R. Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3110191180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110191189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.56d","brand":"Daniel R. Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49166263320831,"sku":"9783110191189","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/2-maccabees-daniel-r-schwartz-9783110191189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}