The Maccabees and the Idea of the Promised Land

Dec. 1 st , 2015,

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Boston University
Speaker: Katell Berthelot (CNRS)

Professor Berthelot presents a close analysis and discussion of the evidence in the books of 1 & 2 Maccabees for the Hasmonean conquests, with a focus on the relationship between historicity and ideology in these texts.