by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Jews and Judaism from Alexander to the Maccabees, Talmud and Daily Life
Al ha-Nissim: Additional Prayer for Hanukkah ‘Al ha-Nissim, inserted in the Amidah and the Grace after Meals on all eight days of Hanukkah, is only preserved in medieval texts. Yet its concentration on the military victory—not on the miracle of the burning of...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | Jews and Judaism from Alexander to the Maccabees
Jews and Judaism from Alexander to the Maccabees (332-63 BCE) Highlights- Alexander the Great Coin, 340-323 BCE Dan Inscription, 2nd-3rd century BCE The Septuagint, 285-246 BCE Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, 164 BCE Coin of Alexander Jannaeus,...
