[Heb-NACO] Maccabees/Hasmoneans

Wed May 6 11:28:37 EDT 2015

Dear Barry, 

As a NACO contributor via the Hebrew NACO Funnel you are able to submit subject heading proposals and changes to existing headings. I can work with you on these if you have not had much experience. 

Based on current rules in the Subject Heading Manual I would create 1 new heading and modify the existing heading (sh 85079260) for Maccabees. 

I. New record: . According to the SHM H 1574 Dynasties, Royal Houses, Etc: 
Form and usage of headings. Establish named dynasties as straight phrase headings consisting of the adjectival form of the name of the dynasty and the English word dynasty . Do not use the vernacular equivalent of the word dynasty . Add whenever possible the span of years of a particular dynasty. Tag these headings 100 , with first indicator 3 and second indicator blank 

You can thus establish the form: Hasmonean dynasty: 
for your supporting 670s you can use the 1st 670 in the existing record for Maccabees and then add a 2nd and 3rd 670 for: 

Encyclopedia Britannica, viewed online May 6, 2015$b(Hasmonean Dynasty; alternate title: Hasmonaen ynasty; ynasty of ancient Judaea , descendants of the Maccabee family. The name derived (according to Josephus, in The Antiquities of the Jews ) from the name of their ancestor Hasmoneus (Hasmon), or Asamonaios. In 143 (or 142) bc Simon Maccabeus , son of Mattathias (and brother of Judas Maccabeus), succeeded his brother Jonathan as leader of the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid dynasty. He soon became independent of the Seleucids as high priest , ruler, and ethnarch of Judaea; the offices were hereditary, and Simon thus became the first of the Hasmonean dynasty. He was succeeded by his son John Hyrcanus I , Aristobulus I , Alexander Jannaeus and his widow Salome Alexandra, Aristobulus II , John Hyrcanus II , and the last Hasmonean, Antigonus, who was deposed and executed by the Romans under Mark Antony ) 

Wikipedia, viewed May 6, 2015$b(Hasmonean dynasty; חשמונאים = [Ḥashmonaʾim in Heb.]; was the ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during Classical antiquity . Between c. 140 BC and c. 116 BC, the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea . From 110 BC, with the Seleucid empire disintegrating, the dynasty became fully independent, expanded into the neighbouring regions of Galilee , Iturea , Perea , Idumea and Samaria , and took the title " basileus) 

I would also add a 500 see also reference for "Maccabees, The". 

II. Second existing record (modification) 
1. I would change the heading of Maccabees to Maccabees, The; add a see also reference to Hasmonean dynasty. 
2. I would add a 3rd 670 for: Jewish Encyclopedia, viewed online May 6, 2016$b(Maccabees, The; Name given to the Hasmonean family. Originally the designation "Maccabeus" (Jerome, "Machabæus") was applied solely to Judas, the third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean (I Macc. ii. 4, iii. 1, et passim ), Mattathias' other sons having different surnames; but as Judas became the leader of the party after his father's death, and as he was also the most heroic warrior, his surname was applied not only to all the descendants of Mattathias, but even to others who took part in the revolutionary movement under the leadership of the Hasmoneans. Hence the title "Books of the Maccabees: 

Also please note that the rules for establishing family names have changed under RDA but not quite as Aaron suggested. Please see the document: in the RDA toolkit LC-PCC PS 10.0 

This is my understanding of how to respond to your quesiton. Others, if you have different ideas please continue the conversation. 

Best, Heidi 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Aaron Kuperman" <akup at loc.gov> 
To: heb-naco at lists.osu.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:20:24 AM 
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Maccabees/Hasmoneans 

LCSH usually goes with popular misnomers (e.g. use of the “Antisemitism” and “Philosemitism” even though the terms have nothing to do with the semitic language family), and popular usage identifies the Hasmoneans as the Maccabees. However families are in theory now to be established in the NAF under RDA, but no one seems to be too anxious to address the implications of this (I checked the Windsors, Romanovs and Hapsburgs and they are still in LCSH). However it does seem logical given the bias of subject cataloging to meeting user expectations, to use a well known albeit wrong term. 

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section. 

This is not an official communication from my employer 

From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Barry Walfish 
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 5:23 AM 
To: heb-naco at lists.osu.edu 
Subject: [Heb-NACO] Maccabees/Hasmoneans 

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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