Antiochus IV, Jewish Quarrels, and the Maccabean Revolt

Constellations 11 (2) (2020)
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This paper discusses how Jewish quarreling was a reason that Antiochus IV entered Jerusalem in 168 BCE and violently acted against the anti-Seleucid Jews. Two primary sources, 1+2 Maccabees and Josephus, are used extensively to demonstrate that this was indeed the case.

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