Reclaiming the Land (1 Maccabees 15:28-36): Hasmonean Discourse between Biblical Tradition and Seleucid Rhetoric.
The First Book of Maccabees (15:28-36) records a diplomatic exchange over disputed cities and territories between Simon, Judas Maccabeus's brother, and the Seleucid king Antiochus VII. In vv. 33-34, Simon argues that the Jews/Judeans have not seized foreign lands that belonged to others but have sim...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 133; no. 3; pp. 539 - 560 |
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