HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pagan Altar, Olive Oil, 1 Maccabees
18 Oct 2016
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Hist 221 jewish history; october 18, 2016. In the absence of borders, they built invisible orders. What kind of challenge was it: hellenization and keeping religion. Antiochus entered the temple and stole the altar, articles, silver coins, and the candelabra. Attacked the jews on the sabbath so they wouldn"t fight back. Parts of the city were burnt to the ground. He may have been following orders from the hellenized jews who preferred greek culture. Antiochus built a fortress that looked down upon the temple. Antiochus" supporters went and had sex inside the temple. Began worshipping the pagan gods, and unclean animals were sacrificed. Something to do with whatever the greeks did in the temple. Might have placed upright stones in the temple (extraterrestrial) Small detachment of hellenists with a king"s officer met in the market and forced the jewish leader to sacrifice a pig. A jew among the out lookers and offered to perform the sacrifice.
