Benjamin Scolnic

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  Thy Brothers Blood

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  Introduction

  Fraternal Relationships In The Myths Of The Ancient World

  The Sin Of Cain: Fratricide In The Bible

  Sibling Rivalry In Greek Mythology

  Fraternal Pietas: The Foundation Story Of Romulus And Remus

  The Fraternal Bonds Of The Attalids Of Pergamon

  The Attalid Brothers

  Present Power And Future Expectations

  Fraternal Dissension And The Fall Of The Attalid Dynasty

  Perseus Vs. Demetrius And The Fall Of The Antigonids

  The Foundation Of Macedonian Kingship

  Philip V Of Macedonia

  Polybius On Perseus And Demetrius

  Polybius On The Crimes Of Philip V

  Supernatural Paraphernalia

  Polybius On Philip V’s Earlier Crime

  Tyche In Polybius

  Livy On Perseus And Demetrius

  Why Did Macedonia Fall?

  Jason And The Fall Of The Zadokite Dynasty

  2Maccabees On Jason

  Jason And The Agon

  2Maccabees 1:1-10a

  1Maccabees And Josephus On Jason

  Usurpation

  Jason’s Return To Jerusalem

  Jason’s Name

  Jason In History

  Fraternal Relationships And The Hasmonaeon Dynasty

  Judas And His Brothers

  Why Did Johnathan Become The Next Hasmonaean Leader?

  Why Were The Maccabees Bured In Pyramid Tombs?

  Aristobulus And His Brothers

  To Value The Present More Than The Future

  Conclusions

  Works Cited

  Additional Info
  Through exploring the particular importance of the fraternal relationship among the dynasties of the Hellenistic world in Thy Brother’s Blood, Dr. Benjamin Scolnic demonstrates how adherence to or rejection of the “morality of kinship” literally changed the world. This in-depth book reviews fraternal relationships in the Bible and Greek and Roman mythology to create models for the falls of the Attalids of Pergamon and the Antigonids of Macedonia. The ancient writers from Rome to Jerusalem valued fraternal bonds and used fratricide as the symbol for internal dissension within nations. Using a focalized approach, Dr. Scolnic cautions that historians sometimes were so consumed with the metaphor of fraternity that they ignored the historical realities. He demonstrates this by providing a historical and moral context for the fall of one Judean dynasty, the Zadokite high priests, and for the rise and fall of the Hasmonaean dynasty, known to the world as the Maccabees.

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