Shatzman, Israel - 1934-2007

Personal:

Born 1934, Haifa; Ph.D. 1967, Hebrew Univ.; Lect. 1967; Sen. Lect. 1971; Assoc. Prof. 1976; Prof. 1988; Director, Jewish National and University Library, 1990-1997.

Research Interests:

Greek and Roman history. The Roman army in Judea.

Abstract of Current Research:

The image of the Hasmoneans in the Greco-Roman world:

This study aims at assessing the views the Greek and Roman historians held regarding the Hasmoneans. It seems that their portrayal of the Hasmoneans was based on Jewish sources that were adapted according to certain Greco-Roman literary and political conceptions.

Recent Publications:

Shatzman, I. (1991) The Armies of the Hasmonaeans and Herod. From Hellenistic to Roman Frameworks. T?bingen, J.C.B. Mohr, 354 pp.

Shatzman, I. (1992) The Hasmonaeans in Graeco-Roman historiography. Zion, 57: 5-64 (Hebrew).