[Heb-NACO] Maccabees/Hasmoneans

[Barry Walfish]

Dear Safranim,

I just noticed that Maccabees is an authorized subject heading, with Hasmoneans a see ref to it.
This seems wrong to me. Maccabees and Hasmoneans are not equivalent. The Hasmoneans were around for 103 years as rulers of Judea. The Maccabees were Judah and his brothers who were around as leaders for about 20 years.
So all Maccabees were Hasmoneans, but not all Hasmoneans were Maccabees.
It would be easiest to flip the two headings, but it's true that most of the literature deals with the Maccabees and their rebellion.
Is this something that could be sent to the Subject Headings committee for review?

Best,

Barry


Barry Dov Walfish, Ph.D.
Judaica Specialist
University of Toronto Libraries
Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
Canada
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