Tales of High Priests and Taxes : the Books of the Maccabees and the Judean Rebellion against Antiochos IV.
In the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great, the ancient world of the Bible-the ancient Near East-came under Greek rule, and in the land of Israel, time-old traditions and Greek culture met. But with the accession of King Antiochos IV, the soft power of culture was replaced with armed confli...
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