Megillat Taanit as a source for Jewish chronology and history in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, by Solomon Zeitlin ...

Solomon Zeitlin

Dropsie College, 1922 - Jews - 118 pages

Contents

• Origin of the Megillat Taanit: 1
• Chronology in 1 and 2 Maccabees: 6
• The Order of the Sabbatical Cycles: 17
• Contents and Characteristics of r and 2 Maccabees: 33
• The Calendar System in Bellum Iudaicum: 45
• The Great Revolt against the Romans: 58
• Text and Translation: 65
• The PreHasmonean Period: 72
• The Period of the Hasmoneans: 77
• The Roman Period: 87
• The Great War against the Romans: 91
• Miscellaneous: 116
• Conspectus of the Numbers of the Megillah: 120

Bibliographic information

• Title: Megillat Taanit as a source for Jewish chronology and history in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, by Solomon Zeitlin ...
• Author: Solomon Zeitlin
• Publisher: Dropsie College, 1922
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jun 1, 2006
• Length: 118 pages