Judaism from Cyrus to Hadrian : Volume two: the Roman period /
Lester L. Grabbe.
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c1992.
- xx, 313 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
INTRODUCTION--THE PERSIAN PERIOD--THE JEWS AND HELLENIZATION--ALEXANDER, THE DIADOCHI, AND THE PTOLEMIES--SELEUCID RULE, THE MACCABEAN REVOLT, AND THE HASMONEAN PREIST-KINGS--THE ROMAN CONQUEST AND HEROD THE GREAT--PROVINCE, KINGDOM, PROVINCE-AND THE WAR WITH ROME--SECTS AND VIOLENCE: RELIGIOUS PLURALISM FROM THE MACCABEES TO YAVNEH--EPILOGUE: TO BAR KOKHBA (70-135 C.E)--THE JEWISH THEOCRACY FROM CYRUS TO HADRIAN