{"product_id":"2-maccabees-9783110191189","title":"2 Maccabees","description":" \u003cmeta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"\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":"Daniel R. Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260750737659,"sku":"9783110191189","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_59668589-8024-45d9-9892-d37abc00c59d.jpg?v=1778450540","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/2-maccabees-9783110191189","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}