From Ezra to the last of the Maccabees; foundations of post-Biblical Judaism. - Bickerman, E. J. (Elias Joseph), 1897- (New York, Schocken Books, 1962)
"Combines ... [the author's] 'the historical foundations of postbiblical Judaism,' originally published in 1949 in The Jews: their history, culture, and religion, edited by Louis Finkelstein ... and The Maccabees: an account of their history from the beginnings to the fall of the House of the Hasmoneans, originally published [in English translation] in 1947."
Keywords: Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.; Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.