Pharaoh’s Successors and a Revived Joseph: Ptolemaic Memory in the First and Second Books of Maccabees
Pharaoh’s Successors and a Revived Joseph: Ptolemaic Memory in the First and Second Books of Maccabees
Author(s): Alessandro RossiniSubject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Maccabees; Ptolemy VI; Ptolemy VIII; Antiochus IV; Sixth Syrian War; protoklisia
Summary/Abstract: References to Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII of Egypt in the First and Second Books of Maccabees are relatively sparse. However, Philometor and his brother were definitely involved in the events portrayed in these Hasmonean reflections on a recent past. Although Mattathias’ descendants may appear less central in a literary analysis focused on the Ptolemies in 1 and 2 Maccabees, they remain significant as they embody the “authorial present” of both books
Journal: Electrum. Studia z historii starożytnej
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 33
- Page Range: 75-100
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
