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Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans gives readers of English a chance to learn about some of this research through a study focused on the Hasmoneans, the Judean dynasty established by the leaders of the Maccabean Revolt that ruled until it was displaced by the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE... Beyond what it tells us about the public image of the Hasmoneans, Noam's study is important as a model for how to understand the relationship between parallel traditions in Josephus and rabbinic literature. * Steven Weitzman, Reading Religion * ...this is a highly learned and often convincing study, and, it breaks new ground in an area of scholarship that has long been neglected. Thanks to Noam's thoughtful analysis, it will no longer do to disregard the Rabbinic versions as irrelevant because Josephus wrote centuries earlier. * Benedikt Eckhardt, Strata * I believe, therefore, that readers of many interests will find it worthwhile to grapple with it. * Daniel R. Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Journal for the Study of Judaism *

... the work deserves careful consideration. Scholars will find here much to ponder. Noam's detailed argumentation, rich bibliography, and novel proposals merit a wide readership, especially among scholars of early Judaism and New Testament. * Daniel L. Smith, Saint Louis University, Review of Biblical Literature * I believe, therefore, that readers of many interests will find it worthwhile to grapple with it. * Daniel R. Schwartz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Journal for the Study of Judaism * ...this is a highly learned and often convincing study, and, it breaks new ground in an area of scholarship that has long been neglected. Thanks to Noam's thoughtful analysis, it will no longer do to disregard the Rabbinic versions as irrelevant because Josephus wrote centuries earlier. * Benedikt Eckhardt, Strata * Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans gives readers of English a chance to learn about some of this research through a study focused on the Hasmoneans, the Judean dynasty established by the leaders of the Maccabean Revolt that ruled until it was displaced by the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE... Beyond what it tells us about the public image of the Hasmoneans, Noam's study is important as a model for how to understand the relationship between parallel traditions in Josephus and rabbinic literature. * Steven Weitzman, Reading Religion *

Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans gives readers of English a chance to learn about some of this research through a study focused on the Hasmoneans, the Judean dynasty established by the leaders of the Maccabean Revolt that ruled until it was displaced by the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE... Beyond what it tells us about the public image of the Hasmoneans, Noam's study is important as a model for how to understand the relationship between parallel traditions in Josephus and rabbinic literature. * Steven Weitzman, Reading Religion * ...this is a highly learned and often convincing study, and, it breaks new ground in an area of scholarship that has long been neglected. Thanks to Noam's thoughtful analysis, it will no longer do to disregard the Rabbinic versions as irrelevant because Josephus wrote centuries earlier. * Benedikt Eckhardt, Strata *

Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans gives readers of English a chance to learn about some of this research through a study focused on the Hasmoneans, the Judean dynasty established by the leaders of the Maccabean Revolt that ruled until it was displaced by the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE... Beyond what it tells us about the public image of the Hasmoneans, Noam's study is important as a model for how to understand the relationship between parallel traditions in Josephus and rabbinic literature. * Steven Weitzman, Reading Religion *

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Vered Noam is Professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud and chair of the Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 2015 she was a fellow at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem and in 2011 was the Horace Goldsmith Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies at Yale University. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Rothschild Foundation's Michael Bruno Memorial Award. Noam is the author of Megillat Ta'anit: Versions, Interpretation, History (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2003, in Hebrew); From Qumran to the Rabbinic Revolution: Conceptions of Impurity (Jerusalem: Yad Ben Zvi Press, 2010, in Hebrew); Josephus and the Rabbis (with Tal Ilan, Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press, 2017, in Hebrew); and 'Some Precepts of the Torah' an English translation of and commentary on 4QMMT for The Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls (in preparation).

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