The Hasmonean Dynasty (142-37 BCE)

1. From Text to Tradition
   1. The Hasmonean Dynasty
2. Historical surveys
   1. Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism- Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part III
3. Primary sources
   1. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 179-83- The Ascendancy of Jonathan
   2. Maccabees 12-15- Jonathan’s Death and the Reign of Simon
   3. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 225-9- The Death of Simon
   4. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 230-300- The Reign of John Hyrcanus
   5. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 301-23- The Reign of Aristobulus
   6. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 356-83- The Reign of Alexander Janneus
   7. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 398-432- Queen Salome Alexandra
   8. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 4-79- Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus
   9. Babylonian Talmud Sotah 49b- Hyrcanus and Aristobulus at War
4. Secondary sources
   1. Steven Fine. “Art and Identity in Latter Second Temple Period Judea- The Hasmonean Royal Tombs at Modi’in.” The Twenty-Fourth Annual Rabbi Louis Feinberg Memorial Lecture in Judaic Studies. University of Cincinnati, 2001.
   2. Suzanne F. Singer, “The Winter Palaces of Jericho,” Biblical Archaeology Review (3: 2) 1977.
5. Images
   1. Tomb of Jason, Jerusalem, 2nd century BCE.
   2. Coin of the Hasmonean king Mattathias Antigonous, ruled 37-40 BCE, portraying menorah, (reverse).
   3. Jericho Synagogue Mosaic