Scroll of Antiochus

Title(s):
  • Scroll of Antiochus
  • חשמונאי מגילת
    (mgillat ḥasmōn’y, The Scroll of the Hasmoneans)
  • אנטיוכוס מגילת
    (mgillat ’anṭīōkōs, The Scroll of Antiochos)
Period covered:
168-164 B.C.
Language:
Jewish Aramaic
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (antiquarianism)
Remarks:
Many mistakes in the historical reconstruction and the spirit of the narration suggest that the interest of the author was to explain the origin of the Ḥanukkah feast rather than the historical events of the Hasmonean revolt.
The complete list of the manuscripts can be found in Gaster's edition (Gaster 1893: 15-16).
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Bibliography:
  • L. Ginzberg (2007) 'The Scroll of Antiochus'. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica. Volume Eighteen, ed. M. Berenbaum - F. Skolnik. Second edition. Detroit: 213-215.
  • Z. Safra (2006) 'Appendix: The scroll of Antiochos and the Scroll of Fasts'. In: Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum. Volume Two: The literature of the Jewish people in the period of the Second Temple and the Talmud, ed. S. Safrai. Assen: 238-241.