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.

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• I Maccabees. 1976. ISBN 0-385-08533-8
• II Maccabees. 1983. ISBN 0-385-04864-5
• Semites, Iranians, Greeks, and Romans: Studies in Their Interactions. 1990. ISBN 1-55540-512-6
• The Jews of China. 2000. ISBN 0-7656-0443-4
• Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World. 2002. ISBN 0-385-42347-0