by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Maccabean Revolt
The Maccabean Revolt (168-164 BCE) The political background of the struggle over Hellenization must be sought in the years following the final Seleucid conquest of the Land of Israel under Antiochus III in 198 B.C.E. Throughout the years of warfare between the...
by hadassah | Apr 8, 2008 | The Maccabean Revolt
Hellenistic Reform and the Maccabean Revolt Excerpted from Lawrence H. Schiffman, From Text to Tradition, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991. The political background of the struggle over Hellenization must be sought in the years following the final Seleucid...
