Jonathan A. Goldstein
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- This article is about the biblical scholar and author. For other people with this name, see Jonathan Goldstein.
Jonathan A. Goldstein is a biblical scholar and author who writes for the Anchor Bible Series. He is the author of definitive books on I Maccabees and II Maccabees, as well as a book about competing religions in the ancient world.
Goldstein studying at Jewish Theological Seminary and earned a bachelors degree and masters degree at Harvard University. He then earned a doctorate from Columbia University and taught history there for two years. He then taught at the University of Iowa from 1962 to 1997, and now lives in Iowa.
[edit] Bibliography
- I Maccabees. 1976. ISBN 0385085338
- II Maccabees. 1983. ISBN 0385048645
- Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in Their Interactions. 1990. ISBN 1555405126
- The Jews of China. 2000. ISBN 0765604434
- Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World. 2002. ISBN 0385423470
