RELG 203 Lecture 2: Week 4-2 Lecture Notes
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Daniel, the maccabean revolt and the hasmonean dynasty. The persian empire eventually succumbed to the onslaught of alexander iii of. Macedon, whose conquests, as we have seen, led to the breakup of the empire into smaller kingdoms rules by alexander"s former generals. No book in the hebrew bible was written in the hellenistic era. Eventually, after a long period of control by the ptolemies, the former province of. Yehudi transferred to the control of the seleucids, culminating, in 174 bce with the. Seleucid attempt to consolidate control over the jews in palestine. According to the book of 1 maccabees, the seleucid king antiochus iv epiphanies entered the jerusalem temple"s holy of holies", and instituted training for a new. 1 maccabees, written from the pov of a dynasty against the seleucids. Political challenge because not from the house of david. Hanukah: cleansing of the temple, political holiday.
