This book explores the period from the 160s to 63 B.C.E., when the Maccabees ruled the Jews, up to the publication of the Mishnah in the second century C.E.

"As interesting to read as they are informative, the volumes in this important series deal in new ways with topics and materials that illuminate the life and literature of ...

"As interesting to read as they are informative, the volumes in this important series deal in new ways with topics and materials that illuminate the life and literature of ...