2 Maccabees: A Critical Commentary

by Robert Doran

The second-century B.C.E. Maccabean revolt against Seleucid oppression was a watershed event in early Jewish history and Second Maccabees is an important testimony to the revolt and its aftermath. Robert Doran's commentary on 2 Maccabees explores the interplay between history and historiography in the document. Providing detailed philological analysis of the elegant Greek of the text, Doran carefully sifts the evidence for the historicity of the events...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800660501
• ISBN13: 9780800660505
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 9.5"