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"This tightly focused collection of essays, from an invited seminar of international specialists, centres on the question of the apocalyptic worldview around the time of the Maccabean revolt. What was the nature of apocalyptic at this time? Did the Maccabees themselves have a distinct apocalyptic worldview? These questions lead to other, more specific queries: who of the various groups held such a view? Certain of the essays analyse the characteristics of the apocalypses and related literature in this period, and whether the apocalyptic worldview itself gave rise to historical events or, at least, influenced them. The collection begins with two introductory essays. Both the main and short papers have individual responses, and two considered responses by well-known experts address the entire collection. The volume finishes with a concluding chapter by the lead editor that gives a perspective on the main themes and conclusions arising from the papers and discussion."--Bloomsbury Publishing This tightly focused collection of essays, from an invited seminar of international specialists, centres on the question of the apocalyptic worldview around the time of the Maccabean revolt. What was the nature of apocalyptic at this time? Did the Maccabees themselves have a distinct apocalyptic worldview? These questions lead to other, more specific queries: who of the various groups held such a view? Certain of the essays analyse the characteristics of the apocalypses and related literature in this period, and whether the apocalyptic worldview itself gave rise to historical events or, at least, influenced them. The collection begins with two introductory essays. Both the main and short papers have individual responses, and two considered responses by well-known experts address the entire collection. The volume finishes with a concluding chapter by the lead editor that gives a perspective on the main themes and conclusions arising from the papers and discussion

Maccabees. --- Seleucids.

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The second volume in John Grainger's history of the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reign of Antiochus III. Too often remembered only as the man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia, Antiochus is here revealed as one of the most powerful and capable rulers of the age. Having emerged from civil war in 223 as the sole survivor of the Seleukid dynasty, he shouldered the burdens of a weakened and divided realm. Though defeated by Egypt in the Fourth Syrian War, he gradually restored full control over the empire. His great Eastern campaign took Macedonian arms back to India for the first time since

Seleucids --- History. --- Antiochus --- Antiochos --- Antioco --- Syria --- History --- Kings and rulers.

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168 v. Chr. griff der Seleukide Antiochos IV. in den Kult von Jerusalem ein. Gegen diese Maßnahmen formierte sich unter den Hasmonäern eine Erhebung, die zur Wiederherstellung des Kultes, zur Etablierung der Hasmonäer als Hohepriester und zur Unabhängigkeit Judäas führte. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht Ursachen, Entwicklung und Folgen der hasmonäischen Erhebung und fasst sie als historischen Prozess. Die kritische Forschung hat sich seit ihren Anfängen um ein tieferes Verständnis der Erhebung bemüht. Aufgrund der schwierigen Quellenlage ist aber in kaum einem Punkt Konsens erzielt worden: Man suchte entweder in der seleukidischen oder judäischen Vorgeschichte nach Erklärungen für Kulteingriffe, hat diese entweder in langfristige Entwicklungen eingeordnet oder kontingente Geschehnisse betont und hat die Motive der historischen Akteure entweder politisch oder religiös gedeutet. Die vorliegende Arbeit ist der Versuch einer integrativen Deutung und legt das Konzept der politischen Theologie zugrunde. Unter diesen Bedingungen lässt sich zeigen, dass Antiochos IV. verstärkt auf die Sakralisierung seiner Herrschaft setzte und dass es in judäischen Machtkämpfen zu einer zunehmenden Theologisierung der Politik kam. Als Antiochos IV. dann 168 v. Chr. eine Schmach durch die Römer hinnehmen musste und in Judäa ein Bürgerkrieg ausbrach, verschränkten sich die Probleme des Seleukidenreichs und Judäas in einem hochgradig kontingenten Szenario: Antiochos IV. ordnete seine kultische Verehrung in Jerusalem an, und die Hasmonäer traten in den judäischen Machtkämpfen für die Rettung der Religion an. Langfristig verfolgten die Hasmonäer sowohl politische als auch religiöse Ziele, vor allem ihre Etablierung als Hohepriester. Dies hatte schließlich eine religiöse Mobilisierung der Judäer und die Ausbildung der ethnoreligiösen Identität des Judentums zur Folge. Insgesamt vollzog sich eine Jüdische Revolution.

Jews --- Maccabees --- Judaism --- Asmoneans --- Hasmonaeans --- Hasmoneans --- Hellenistic Judaism --- Judaism, Hellenistic --- History --- Seleucids --- Antiochus --- Hellenism --- Jews. --- Judentum. --- Maccabees. --- Makkabäer-Aufstand. --- Influence --- Judaism. --- Post-exilic period (Judaism). --- History. --- 586 B.C.-210 A.D. --- Eretz Israel --- Antiochus IV. --- Hasmoneans. --- Seleucids.

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This Special Issue is the third and final volume in a trilogy of collective peer-reviewed works of the Unlocking Sacred Landscapes research network. It encompasses various approaches both to ritual space and to artefacts relating to ritual practice and cults involving islandscapes (including landscapes and seascapes). The terms ritual and cult are used broadly to include sanctuaries, temples, and churches, as well as the domestic and funerary spheres of life. Although the main focus of the Special Issue is the Mediterranean region, studies related to other regions are included to stimulate wider methodological dialogues and comparative approaches. The time span ranges from prehistory to the recent past, and research includes ethnography and cultural heritage studies. The contributions of the issue deal with historical and culturally driven perspectives that recognise the complexities of island religious systems as well as the active role of the islanders in constructing their own religious identities, irrespective of emulation and acculturation. The authors consider inter-island and island/mainland relations, maritime connectivity of things and people, and ideological values in relation to religious change, as well as the relation between island space and environment in the performance and maintenance of spiritual lives.

Religion & beliefs --- multi-confessionalism --- popular religion --- sacred trees --- snakes --- insularity --- connectivity --- hierotopy --- Cyprus --- Late Bronze Age --- ritual --- commemoration --- burials --- mortuary practice --- sacred space --- Late Antiquity --- economy --- sacred topography --- churches --- landscape archaeology --- Early Byzantine --- historical archaeology --- memorialisation --- Island Archaeology --- GIS --- material culture --- Ikaros/Failaka --- Hellenistic East --- Seleucids --- late Middle Ages --- pilgrimage --- map of Cyprus --- medieval cartography --- history of navigation --- maritime shrine --- mixed shrines --- maritime routes --- midwives --- Eileithyia --- Minoan peak sanctuaries --- Bronze Age medicine --- gender studies --- Sardinia --- sacred landscapes --- maritime identities --- community identities --- rural churches --- historical contingency --- Ottoman era --- Cyclades islands --- Aegean Sea --- club house --- Malta --- Mediterranean --- island societies --- islandscapes --- ritual and cult --- visual and material culture