by hadassah | Sep 12, 2016 | Political and Social Structures
Seleucus II Kallinikos Seleucus II Kallinikos, the king of Syria portrayed on a silver coin 246-226 BCE, with the god Apollo on reverse side. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Sep 12, 2016 | Political and Social Structures
Coin minted during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus portraying a cornucopia, 285-246 BCE (reverse). What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Sep 12, 2016 | Political and Social Structures
Arsinoe II Arsinoë II was a Ptolemaic Greek Princess of Ancient Egypt and through marriage was Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia as wife of King Lysimachus and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother-husband Ptolemy II Philadelphus. What do you want to...
by hadassah | Nov 26, 2015 | Political and Social Structures
1 Maccabees 14 – 20-23 Letter from the Spartans After the death of Jonathan in 143 B.C.E., the rulers of Sparta felt it necessary to renew their alliance with the new high priest, Simon. Although the “elders” are mentioned as a separate entity, the...
by hadassah | Nov 26, 2015 | Political and Social Structures
1 Maccabees 12- 5-11 – Letter to the Spartans The intent of this letter was to renew an alliance with the Spartan. It mentions the “senate” (Gerousia) of the Jewish nation as distinct from the high priest, the priests, and the rest of the people....
by hadassah | Nov 26, 2015 | Political and Social Structures
The first mention of the Jewish Gerousia (literally, “Council of Elders”), here termed the “senate,” occurs in this passage from Josephus speaking of the time of Antiochus the Great (223-187 B.C.E). King Antiochus to Ptolemy, sendeth...
