Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

2 Maccabees

A Critical Commentary
  • ISBN-13: 9780800660505
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Robert Doran, Edited by Harold W. Attridge
  • Price: AUD $141.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2012
  • Format: Hardback (235.00mm X 216.00mm) 388 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biblical commentaries [HRCG1]
Description
Author
Biography
Google
Preview
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 recounted, while giving full attention to the literary and rhetorical qualities that mark this dramatic narrative.
Robert Doran is Samuel Williston Professor of Greek and Hebrew at Amherst College. Born in Australia, he holds advanced degrees from Harvard Divinity School, The Pontifical Biblical Institute, and the Angelicum in Rome. His professional specialties are works from Late Second Temple Judaism, particularly those written in Greek, and Christian holy men and women in Late Antiquity. Harold W. Attridge is Dean of Yale University Divinity School and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament. His books include Hebrews in the Hermeneia series (1989, 978-0-8006-6021-5).
Google Preview content