The Hasmonean Order and the Mediterranean Diaspora Introduction: Temple, Trade and Diaspora In the previous articles we have expounded on the very material blessings that the Temple, even if looked upon as nothing but engine of consumption, had on the economy of Perso-Hellenistic and Hasmonean Israel. We have also observed how the benefits of this consumption were shared first in accordance with the Nehemiad pact and then in the Revolutionary democratic arrangement of the Has

Part 2: The Maccabean Social Revolution Introduction:   We have elsewhere described at length the course of the Maccabean Revolution and...

The Economic Miracle of Hasmonean Judea   Part I: Athens and Jerusalem Nehemia's Jerusalem A: The Economy of Nehemiah’s Jerusalem When we...

The Law of Nations According to the Prophets The List The Book of Amos, immediately after introducing and identifying its eponymous...