The Maccabees

Author/Creator:

Pearlman, Moshe, 1911-1986

Publication/Creation:

New York : Macmillan. /, 1973

Format:

Book

Edition:

[1st American edition].

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Maccabees. / Moshe Pearlman

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Maccabees

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Prologue: the sacrifice -- The ultimatum -- Intrigue in Jerusalem -- The decision -- The martyrs -- The deed -- The guerillas -- The test -- The battles -- The Temple regained -- The truce -- The escape -- The death of Judah -- The royal bidders -- Independence.

Bibliography:

Bibliography: pages 265-266.

Summary:

A dramatization of an explosive period in Jewish history, and the first work to combine scholarship with authentic historical narrative to re-create the tumultuous events of the time.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

General Note:

Pitts Theology Library copy is from the collection of the Christoph Keller, Jr. Library, General Theological Seminary.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990031011000302486

OCLC Number:

776163
00776163

Barcode:

300000333265