{"id":775,"date":"2016-12-02T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/?page_id=775"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T02:00:25","slug":"public-dialogue-can-judaism-survive-a-jewish-state-on-first-and-second-books-of-maccabees-congregation-kehillath-israel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/dialogues-and-discussions\/public-dialogue-can-judaism-survive-a-jewish-state-on-first-and-second-books-of-maccabees-congregation-kehillath-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Judaism Survive a Jewish State? Modern Perspectives on 1 &#038; 2 Maccabees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p3\">April 13 th , 2016,<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline MA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Speakers: Daniel Schwartz (Hebrew University), Jonathan Klawans (Boston University), and Robert Doran (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professors Schwartz, Doran, and Klawans consider the different perspectives on political autonomy found in 1 and 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees presents Hasmonean autonomy as evidence of supreme piety; 2 Maccabees, in contrast, shows little interest in Hasmonean rule per se and instead emphasizes priestly practice and personal devotion. Do the differences reflect disagreements about the relationship of piety and politics? Can a modern perspective help clarify the intersections between religious freedom, political power, and territory?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/263854997&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container public-dialogue-spring-2016 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-738\" data-slideshow-name=\"public-dialogue-spring-2016\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-738\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-738_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/maccabees\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0070-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-738_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/maccabees\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0055-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-738_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/maccabees\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0073-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-738_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/maccabees\/files\/2016\/05\/DSC_0063-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-738\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 13 th , 2016, Congregation Kehillath Israel, Brookline MA Speakers: Daniel Schwartz (Hebrew University), Jonathan Klawans (Boston University), and Robert Doran (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Professors Schwartz, Doran, and Klawans consider the different perspectives on political autonomy found in 1 and 2 Maccabees. 1 Maccabees presents Hasmonean autonomy as evidence of supreme piety; 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12357,"featured_media":0,"parent":854,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":924,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions\/924"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/maccabees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}