by hadassah | Nov 30, 2015 | The Hasmonean Dynasty
Suzanne F. Singer, “The Winter Palaces of Jericho,” Biblical Archaeology Review (3: 2) 1977. For at least 10,000 years, on the plain of the Great Rift, bordered by the mountains of Judea on the west and, on the other side of the Jordan River, the mountains of...
by hadassah | Nov 18, 2015 | First Revolt to Bar Kokhba, The Hasmonean Dynasty
Jericho Synagogue Mosaic The earliest mosaic yet found in Israel, dating to the late Hasmonean period (1st century B.C.). The mosaic comes from the bath near the most elegant of the six mikvaot found at the Hasmonean Palace, which was probably used by members...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | The Hasmonean Dynasty
Lee I. Levine. “Judaism from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the End of the Second Jewish Revolt: 70-135 C.E.” Part III Excerpted from Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism- a Parallel History of their Origins and Early Development. Ed. Hershal Shanks. Washington...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Hasmonean Dynasty
Babylonian Talmud Sotah 49b: Hyrcanus and Aristobulus at War Rabbinic tradition also preserves a tannaitic report of the siege of Jerusalem by Hyrcanus against Aristobulus. The Rabbis used the story to learn a lesson but their account indicates awareness of the...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Hasmonean Dynasty
Josephus, Antiquities XI, 4-79: Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus The coming of the Romans led, in turn, to the rise of the Idumean Antipater who manipulated Hyrcanus II to advance his own interests. The infighting of the last Hasmoneans made it possible for the Romans to...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Hasmonean Dynasty
Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 398-432: Queen Salome Alexandra Alexander Janneus was soon succeeded by his wife, Salome Alexandra (76-67 B.C.E.) whose reign brought the Pharisees back to power. But the Queen’s rule sowed the seeds of the eventual decline if the...
