PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS XIII
4. PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
5. I: INTRODUCTION 3
6. II: JOSEPHUS 11
7. III: MODERN LITERATURE 24
8. PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE
9. IV: JEWISH NATIONALISM AND THE TORAH 47
10. V: JEWISH NATIONALISM AND THE TEMPLE 84
11. VI: WERE THE MACCABEES REMEMBERED? 125
12. VII: WAR OF THE SONS OF LIGHT AGAINST THE SONS OF DARKNESS 159
13. PART THREE CONCLUSIONS
14. VIII: JEWISH NATIONALISM AND JESUS 175
15. SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS 203
16. APPENDIX: THE DATING OF MEGILLATH TAANITH 205
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
18. INDEX 221