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Methods Tutorial
WiSe 15/16: Die makkabäische Erhebung
Sören Lund Sörensen
Additional information / Pre-requisites
Die Methodenübung wird in englischer Sprache durchgeführt.
Comments
When a small group of Jews in the first half of the second century BC shook off the yoke of foreign Seleucid domination a new era for the Jewish people in Judea began. Was this rebellion a revolt against the excesses of Greek culture, or was it merely a struggle for independence? The sources for the rebellion are manifold (Jewish, Greek and Roman), but they give different accounts of the events. For this reason scholars interpreting and analysing the Maccabean revolt have reached controversial and often very different conclusions.
In this course we will analyse the ancient sources, compare them with the secondary literature and discuss why no consensus as to the purpose, objectives and results of the Maccabean uprising has been reached. close
Suggested reading
Bickermann, E. Der Gott der Makkabäer. Untersuchungen über Sinn und Ursprung der Makkabäischen Erhebung (Schocken, Berlin 1937). English translation: The God of the Maccabees (Brill 1979).
Eckhardt, B. Ethnos und Herrschaft (De Gruyter 2013).
Fischer, T. Seleukiden und Makkabäer: Beiträge zur Seleukidengeschichte und zu den politischen Ereignissen in Judäa während der 1. Hälfte des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. (Brockmeyer 1980)
Hengel, M. Judentum und Hellenismus (Mohr Siebeck 1969, 3. Aufl. 1988) close
17 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Thu, 2015-10-15 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-10-22 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-10-29 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-05 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-12 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-19 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-11-26 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-12-03 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-12-10 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2015-12-17 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-01-07 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-01-14 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-01-21 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-01-28 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-02-04 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-02-11 10:00 - 12:00
Thu, 2016-02-18 10:00 - 12:00