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| Title: 1 Makk 1: Der Konflikt zwischen Hellenen und Juden - die Makkabäische Reichspropaganda Pages: 459-481 Type: Generic Year: 1998 Abstract: "Sievers, Joseph: in: JSJ 30,2 (1999) 211: After briefly reviewing and rejecting the explanations of the religious persecution offered by Bickerman and Bringman, Volgger proposes his own thesis: the so-called edict of Antiochus IV is simply a product of Maccabean religious and dynastic propaganda. In order to justify their own high priesthood, the Hasmoneans needed to vilify their predecessors and the Seleucids, while extolling the Romans. Volgger assigns practically no independent value to 2 Macc or to the documents cited in it and complete disregard the Book of Daniel, 1 Enoch, and Josephus." Keywords: Jewish History: Hasmonean / Maccabean Era |