{"product_id":"2-maccabees-9783110191189","title":"2 Maccabees","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel R. Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Buddhism - Tibetan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees \u003c\/em\u003eis a Jewish work composed during the 2nd century BCE and preserved by the Church. Written in Hellenistic Greek and told from a Jewish-Hellenistic perspective, \u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees\u003c\/em\u003e narrates and interprets the ups and downs of events that took place in Jerusalem prior to and during the Maccabean revolt: institutionalized Hellenization and the foundation of Jerusalem as a polis; the persecution of Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes, accompanied by famous martyrdoms; and the rebellion against Seleucid rule by Judas Maccabaeus. \u003cem\u003e2 Maccabees \u003c\/em\u003eis an important source both for the events it describes and for the values and interests of the Judaism of the Hellenistic diaspora that it reflects - which are often quite different from those represented by its competitor, \u003cem\u003e1 Maccabees\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46885385109655,"sku":"9783110191189","price":26173.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783110191189.webp?v=1770247387","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/2-maccabees-9783110191189","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}