01173nam a22002057a 4500003000900000005001700009008004100026015002000067020001800087040002000105082001500125100002900140245009600169260004200265300006600307504005100373505049300424650001500917651003500932AU-EpEBC20120416133428.0120416t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  2OCLCa751804852  a9781848844759  aBNBcNEMBdNEMB  a933.04/GRA  aGrainger, John D.d1939-  aThe wars of the Maccabees :bthe jewish struggle for freedom, 167-37BC /cJohn D. Grainger.  aBarnsley, UK :bPen and Sword,cc2012  axviii,189 p. ;billus., plates (chiefly col.) ; hbk ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThe Dispute -- Terrorism and Guerrilla War -- Victories -- The Beginnings of Imperialism -- Defeat -- Achieving Independence -- The Defence of Independence -- Early Conquests -- The Samarian War -- Internal Upheavals and the Ptolemaic War -- Gadora and Gaza -- War in the East -- The First Civil War -- The Second Eastern War -- A War for Damascus -- The Second Civil War -- The First Roman War -- The Second Roman War -- The Parthian War - and Herod -- Conclusion: a Belligerent Dynasty.  aMaccabees.  aPalestineyhistoryyto 70 A.D.