Tales of High Priests and Taxes

Preface and Acknowledgments
General Introduction

PART I. IOUDAÏSMOS: 1 AND 2 MACCABEES AS DYNASTIC HISTORY
Methodological Introduction: The Modern Semantic Categories of "Religion" and "Politics" and Ancient Societies
1. 2 Maccabees as Dynastic History
2. Temple Foundation and Royal Legitimacy: A Narrative Pattern and Its Message
3. Ioudaïsmos as the Legitimate Social Order Founded by Judas Maccabee
4. Royal High Priests and Temple Foundation: The Narrative Pattern and the Hasmonean Political Order
Conclusion

PART II. HELLENISMOS: THE CAUSES OF THE REBELLION ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF 1 AND 2 MACCABEES
Methodological Introduction: Symbolic Universe, Cultural Codes, and Causal Analysis in 1 and 2 Maccabees
5. Hellenismos: The Social Order of the Wicked Rivals in 1 and 2 Maccabees
6. The "Religious Persecution" in the Light of Ancient Judean Cultural and Narrative Codes
7. The Causes of the Rebellion according to 1 and 2 Maccabees
Conclusion

PART III. HISTORY: THE JUDEAN REBELLION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 200-164 B.C.E.
From Literary Analysis to History: A Summary of the Conclusions of Parts I and II
8. Judea and Koile Syria and Phoinike under Antiochos III, 200-187 B.C.E.
9. Seleukos IV Philopator and the Revision of Antiochos III's Settlement in Judea, 187-175 B.C.E.
10. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Reforms, 175-ca. 172 B.C.E.
11. Judea under Antiochos IV Epiphanes: The Suppression of the Rebellion, 169/8-164 B.C.E.

Appendix A. The Literary Composition of 1 Maccabees
Appendix B. The Literary Composition of 2 Maccabees
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Subjects
Index Locorum