The Age of the Maccabees

The Age of the Maccabees covers the history of the period from the return of the Jews (in accordance with the decree of Cyrus) to the accession of Herod the Great (37 BC). A. W. Streane explores the social, political, and religious condition of the Jewish people during this period and focuses on an examination of the literature, apocryphal and other, of the time. A special chapter is given to the origin of the Septuagint. Separately, Streane also treats various questions that this period involves, such as the position of the Assideans, the existence of Maccabean Psalms, and the date of the Book of Daniel.