The Hasmoneans and their State. A Study in History, Ideology, and the Institutions

Edward Dąbrowa

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. The Hasmoneans and their State. A Study in History, Ideology, and the Institutions. Red. Dąbrowa, Edward . Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2009, 214 s. ISBN 978-83-233-2821-6

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The history of the Hasmoneans has long caused disputes among scholars, who are far from agreement about the chronology of events, their importance, and the identities of all their actors. There are no indications that such doubts will be resolv...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-233-2821-6

DOI:

Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Rok wydania:

2009

Liczba stron:

214

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Introduction8
Abbreviations10
Part I: Judea under the Hasmonaeans (167?63 BCE)14
1. Mattathias and Judah: In Defense of the Ancestors Religion14
2. Jonathan and Simon: A Strategy for Independence43
3. John Hyrcanus: Securing Independence and the Rise of Expansionist Policy68
4. Hasmonean Kings85
I: The Ruler106
Part II: The Institutions of the Hasmonean State106
1. The Royal Priesthood or the Priestly Monarchy107
2. The Priesthood108
3. The Kingship113
4. Succession118
5. The Royal Family124
6. The Court127
7. The Capital City131
8. The Palace and the Baris133
9. Propaganda and Self-Presentation135
A. Individual Propaganda135
a. Self-Presentation135
b. Coinage137
B. Dynastic Propaganda139
II. The State148
1. Local Administration148
2. Finances153
3. Army160
Part III: Society168
1. Judean Society during Hasmonean Rule168
2. The Hasmoneans and their Critics174
3. Social Attitudes Toward the Hasmoneans184
Conclusions188
Bibliography191
Index of Personal Names213

INTRODUCTION

ingisthatitisnotpossibletounderstandthehistoryandstructureoftheHasmonean

statewithoutreferringtoeventsandfacts:bothprecedingJudeanindependence,early

inthestruggleagainstSyriandomination(167BCE),andfollowing,after63BCE,until

HerodascendedtotheJudeanthrone(37BCE).Forthisreason,thisentiretimespanis

subsequentlyreferredtoastheHasmoneanperiod.

TheﬁrstpartofthepresentstudyaimstoshowtheHasmoneans’actionsinabroad

historicalcontext.Withoutknowledgeofthiscontext,itwouldbedifﬁculttounderstand

howanobscureModeinfamilycouldsuccessfullyopposethepowerfulmachineryof

theSeleucidEmpire,effectthecreationofanationstate,andgoverniteffectively.Part

twoanalyzesandinterpretsaccountsandinformationconcerninginstitutionsofthe

Hasmoneanstate.Thenotionof“stateinstitutions”isunderstoodhereasapplyingtoall

social,political,andadministrativestructureswhichhelpeddeﬁnethestateandinﬂu-

enceditsfunctioning.Inthethirdpartmuchattentionisdevotedtorelationsbetween

theHasmoneansandthevarioussocialgroups,includingespeciallycertainreligious

circlesopposedtothem.2Toavoidexcessiverepetitionofreferencestopublicationsand

sourcesfrequentlycitedintheﬁrstpart,inparttwotheyarelimitedtoaminimum,with

referencesgivenprimarilytothesubjectbeingdiscussed.3

Themakingofthisbookbecamepossibleowingtotheassistanceofmanyinstitutions

andindividuals.ScholarshipsfromTheAndrewMellonFoundationatAlbrightInstitute

ofArchaeologicalResearch(Jerusalem2001),TheRoyalDutchAcademyofSciencesat

TheNetherlandsInstituteforAdvancedStudies(NIAS)(Wassenaar,2006/2007),and

ThedeBrzezieLanckorońskiFoundation(London)madeitpossibleformetoaccess

andusepublicationsunavailableinPolishlibrariesyetwithoutaknowledgeofwhich

thepresentbookwouldneverhaveachieveditsﬁnalform.Iamparticularlythankfulto

NIASadministratorsandlibrarystaff.Theirkindness,efﬁciency,andcommitmentto

creatingexcellentconditionsforscholarlyworkenabledmetowritetheﬁrstdraftwith-

intheirwalls.IamgratefultoPietervanderHorstandJudithNewman,mycolleagues

andneighborsatNIAS,fortheirpatienceandreadinesstoengageindiscussions.

Prof.HenryI.MacAdamgavemeinvaluablehelpintheﬁnalredactionofthevol-

ume,andhiscommentsandsuggestionsenabledmetoavoidmanylapses,forwhich

Iamgreatlybeholdentohim.

IowemygratitudetoProf.AndrzejBanach,DeanoftheFacultyofHistoryatthe

JagiellonianUniversity,forfundingthetranslationofthiswork.Mr.TadeuszStanek

Iwishtothankfordoingthetranslation.

Itmustbestatedthatnoneofthepersonsandinstitutionsmentionedcanbeheld

responsiblefortheopinionsvoicedhere.Suchresponsibilityissolelytheauthor’s.

2Indiscussingthismatter,theauthorusedalargesegmentofhisownarticleconcerningtheStatutes

oftheKing,cf.Dąbrowa2008:8–12.IamverygratefultotheJagiellonianUniversityPressforconsenting

tosuchuseofit.

3Whenthisbookwasreadyforpublicationanewcommentaryon2Maccabeeswrittenby

D.R.Schwartz(2Maccabees,(CommentariesonEarlyJewishLiterature),Berlin–NewYork2008)fell

intomyhands.Itwastoolatetoincludeinmyaccounthisobservationsortodiscusshisindividualsug-

gestionsandconclusions.

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