The anchor Bible. vol.41 I Maccabees: a new translation, with introduction and commentary
Goldstein, Jonathan A. (1929–2004)
The anchor Bible. vol.41 I Maccabees: a new translation, with introduction and commentary Jonathan A. Goldstein - 1st. - U.S.A Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1976 - 592tr. Hardcover 24cm
`The Apocryphal book of I Maccabees (Volume 41 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible series) is an inspirational thriller.` With the help of God, the aged priest Mattathias and his sons--Judas Maccabaeus, Jonathan, and Simon--dramatically lead the Jews of Judaea first to victory and then to freedom against the formidable successors of Alexander the Great. Their struggles begin in guerilla warfare, responding to the terrible persecutions decreed by King Antiochus IV, and courageously accomplish their first great triumph--still celebrated in the festival of Hanukkah.
0385085338
Bible -- ST -- Maccabees, 1
229.7307 / J76-G62
The anchor Bible. vol.41 I Maccabees: a new translation, with introduction and commentary Jonathan A. Goldstein - 1st. - U.S.A Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1976 - 592tr. Hardcover 24cm
`The Apocryphal book of I Maccabees (Volume 41 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible series) is an inspirational thriller.` With the help of God, the aged priest Mattathias and his sons--Judas Maccabaeus, Jonathan, and Simon--dramatically lead the Jews of Judaea first to victory and then to freedom against the formidable successors of Alexander the Great. Their struggles begin in guerilla warfare, responding to the terrible persecutions decreed by King Antiochus IV, and courageously accomplish their first great triumph--still celebrated in the festival of Hanukkah.
0385085338
Bible -- ST -- Maccabees, 1
229.7307 / J76-G62