Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Figures

pp.：  7 – 8

Notes on Contributors

pp.：  9 – 12

Introduction

pp.：  13 – 48

Antiquity

pp.：  49 – 136

Martyrdom, Violence, and Immortality: The Origins of a Religious Complex

pp.：  51 – 72

The War of the Hasmoneans

pp.：  73 – 90

The Veneration of the Maccabean Brothers in Fourth Century Antioch: Religious Competition, Martyrdom, and Innovation

pp.：  91 – 116

The Cult of the Maccabees in the Eastern Orthodox Church

pp.：  117 – 136

Middle Ages

pp.：  137 – 220

The Mother and Seven Sons in Late Antique and Medieval Ashkenazi Judaism: Narrative Transformation and Communal Identity

pp.：  139 – 158

The Maccabees and the Battle of Antioch

pp.：  159 – 172

Hate Preachers and Religious Warriors: Violence in the Libelli de lite of the Late Eleventh Century

pp.：  173 – 188

The Maccabees As Role Models in the German Order

pp.：  189 – 206

The Reception of the Books of the Maccabees in the Hussite Reformation

pp.：  207 – 220

Early Modern Period

pp.：  221 – 314

The Renaissance of the Maccabees: Old Testament Jews, German Humanists, and the Cult of the Saints in Early Modern Cologne

pp.：  223 – 258

On the Path of the Maccabees? The Rhetoric of ‘Holy War’ in the Sermons and Pamphlets of ‘Puritans’ in the Run-up to the English Civil War (1620–1642)

pp.：  259 – 278

“If to Fall, for Laws, Religion, Liberty, We Fall”: Georg Frideric Handel’s Maccabee Oratorios

pp.：  279 – 296

The Reception of an Unread Author: Zacharias Werner’s “Mother of the Maccabees”

pp.：  297 – 314

Index of Names

pp.：  315 – 320

Index of Biblical Citations

pp.：  321 – 324