The Hammer. A Story of the Maccabean Times by Alfred John Church and Richmond Seeley

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Author

Seeley, Richmond

Title

The Hammer: A Story of the Maccabean Times

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Maccabees -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44550

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44550

Release Date

December 31, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I. A NEW ORDER OF THINGS. — CHAPTER II. ANTIOCHUS. — CHAPTER III. MENELAUS. — CHAPTER IV. AT ANTIOCH. — CHAPTER V. THE WRATH TO COME. — CHAPTER VI. THE EVIL DAYS. — CHAPTER VII. THE DARKNESS THICKENS. — CHAPTER VIII. SHALLUM THE WINE-SELLER. — CHAPTER IX. THE PERSECUTION. — CHAPTER X. IN THE MOUNTAINS. — CHAPTER XI. NEWS BAD AND GOOD. — CHAPTER XII. THE PATRIOT ARMY. — CHAPTER XIII. GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE MOUNTAINS. — CHAPTER XIV. THE BURIAL OF MATTATHIAS. — CHAPTER XV. THE SWORD OF APOLLONIUS. — CHAPTER XVI. NEWS FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD. — CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF EMMAUS. — CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLE OF BETH-ZUR. — CHAPTER XIX. IN JERUSALEM. — CHAPTER XX. THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. — CHAPTER XXI. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. — CHAPTER XXII. WARS AND RUMOURS OF WARS. — CHAPTER XXIII. MORE VICTORIES. — CHAPTER XXIV. THE SABBATICAL YEAR. — CHAPTER XXV. REVERSES. — CHAPTER XXVI. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS. — CHAPTER XXVII. A PEACEFUL INTERVAL. — CHAPTER XXVIII. HOPES AND FEARS. — CHAPTER XXIX. CIVIL WAR. — CHAPTER XXX. NICANOR. — CHAPTER XXXI. THE FALLING AWAY. — CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST BATTLE. — CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HOPE OF ISRAEL. — THE FAMILY OF THE ASMONEANS, OR MACCABEES. — Footnotes — Transcriber’s Note

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