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The Maccabean Revolt (168-164 BCE)

Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes

  1. From Text to Tradition
    1. Hellenistic Reform and the Maccabean Revolt
  2. Historical Surveys
    1. Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism- Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part II
  3. Primary sources
    1. 2 Maccabees 3-6- The Hellenistic Reform and the Onset of Persecution
    2. 1 Maccabees 1-4- The Maccabean Uprising
    3. 1 Maccabees 4-6- The Rededication of the Temple
    4. 2 Maccabees 11- Letters of Antiochus
    5. 1 Maccabees 7-10- The Final Hasmonean Victory
  4. Images
    1. Jason’s Tomb
    2. The Coin of Antigonus.

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