AHIS150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Machaerus, Samaritans, Talmud
28 Aug 2018
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* the coming of the greeks under alexander the great introduces yet new challenges to the. Hellenism as a cultural standard is accepted by some jews and resisted by others. It is in the hellenistic period that judaism develops various sects, each with their own aspirations and religious practices. * the hellenistic period (332 - 164 b. c. ) * alexander the great (numerous representations); macedonia to greece and the near east. * alexander defeats darius 3rd, king of persia in 333bc. * anything to do with greek culture (hellenistic) * persian, 539-333 bc (begins 2nd temple period) * alexander defeats darius 3rd, king of persia in 333 bc. * takes tyre in protracted siege in 332 bc. * defeats persians at gaza and enters egypt 332 bc. * 200 antiochus 3rd defeats ptolemy v at baneas; gains control of palestine. * 171 antiochus iv (epiphanes) forces hellenism on jews. * 164 peace of lysias between jews and seleucids.
