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Antiochus IV
Antiochus IV (Antiochus Epiphanes) , d. 163 BC, king of Syria (175 BC-163 BC), son of Antiochus III and successor of his brother Seleucus IV. His nephew (later Demetrius I) was held as a hostage in Rome, although still claiming the throne. Antiochus is best known for his attempt to Hellenize Judae... Read more
Antiochus III
Antiochus III (Antiochus the Great), d. 187 BC, king of Syria (223-187 BC), son of Seleucus II and younger brother of Seleucus III, whom he succeeded. At his accession the Seleucid empire was in decline. Although Antiochus did not succeed in totally restoring the greatness of the Seleucid dynasty, ... Read more
Demetrius I
Demetrius I (Demetrius Soter) , c.187-150 BC, king of ancient Syria (162-150 BC), son of Seleucus IV. He was sent as a hostage to Rome, where he remained during the reigns of his father and his uncle Antiochus IV. After Antiochus died, he was succeeded by his son Antiochus V, but Demetrius escaped... Read more
Pamphylia
Pamphylia , ancient region of S Asia Minor, on the coast between Lycia and Cilicia, in present S Turkey. Its chief cities were Attalia, Side, and Perga. Pamphylia was not a political unit, except in the provincial administration of Rome, to which it passed after the surrender (188 BC) of Antiochus ... Read more
Maccabees
Maccabees two books included in the Septuagint and placed as the last two books in the Old Testament of the Vulgate; they are not included in the Hebrew Bible and are placed in the Apocrypha in Protestant Bibles. First and Second Maccabees are both historical narratives. First Maccabees was origi... Read more
Demetrius II
Demetrius II (Demetrius Nicator) , d. c.125 BC, king of ancient Syria, son of Demetrius I. He was aided against the usurper, Alexander Balas, by Ptolemy VI (Ptolemy Philometer). He married Ptolemy's daughter, Cleopatra Thea, even though she was already married to Alexander Balas. Demetrius ascende... Read more
Maccabees
Maccabees or Machabees , Jewish family of the 2d and 1st cent. BC that brought about a restoration of Jewish political and religious life. They are also called Hasmoneans or Asmoneans after their ancestor, Hashmon. The Maccabees appear in history as the family of a priest, Mattathias, dwell... Read more
Ptolemy II
Ptolemy II (Ptolemy Philadelphus) , c.308-246 BC, king of ancient Egypt (285-246 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy I and Berenice (c.340-281 BC). He continued his father's efforts to make Alexandria the cultural center of the Greek world. He completed the Pharos and encouraged the t... Read more
Hama
Hama or Hamah , city (1995 est. pop. 280,000), capital of Hama governorate, W central Syria, on the Orontes River. It is the market center for an irrigated farm region where cotton, wheat, barley, millet, and corn are grown. Manufactures include cotton and woolen textiles, silk, carpets, and dai... Read more
Pergamum
Pergamum , ancient city of NW Asia Minor, in Mysia (modern Turkey), in the fertile valley of the Caicus. It became important c.300 BC, after the breakup of the Macedonian empire, when a Greek family (the Attalids) established a brilliant center of Hellenistic civilization. The kingdom achieved major... Read more

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Antiochus III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Antiochus III Antiochus III (241-187 B.C.) was a Syrian king of the Seleucid dynasty, Alexander the Great's successors in Asia. Antiochus attempted to restore Alexander's empire to its former greatness...
Antiochus IV
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Antiochus IV Antiochus IV (ca. 215-163 B.C.), called Epiphanes, or "God on Earth...thus precipitated the rebellion of the Maccabees. The third son of Antiochus III, Antiochus IV succeeded his brother Seleucus IV as ruler of the...
Antiochus II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Antiochus II (Antiochus Theos) , d. 247 BC, king of Syria (261?-247 BC), son and successor of Antiochus I. In warfare with Ptolemy II he had sporadic successes, but his marriage to Ptolemy's daughter Berenice sealed the peace, and...
Antiochus I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Antiochus I (Antiochus Soter) , b. c.324 BC, d. c.262 or 261 BC, king of Syria...greatly reduced, particularly by the Egyptians under Ptolemy II. Antiochus was famous as a founder of cities.
Judas Maccabeus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...revolt against the repressive policies of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the king of Syria. Third...Syrian army. The Syrians had been sent by Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Judea to suppress Judaism...lights in commemoration of this event. Antiochus died in 163. Judas ventured to attack...
Maccabees
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...opposed the Hellenizing tendencies of the Syrian ruler Antiochus IV . Antiochus had taken advantage of factionalism among the Jews...Palestine enjoyed some years of peace. Eventually Antiochus VII sent an expedition against the Jews; Simon...
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...against the threat of the Syrian king Antiochus III. In the following year he was sent...consul of the year, the command against Antiochus by offering to accompany him as legate...accused of embezzling the money paid by Antiochus as a war indemnity to the Roman people...
Ptolemy V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...disastrous civil wars. Invasions by Antiochus III of Syria and Philip V of Macedon...Egyptian possessions in Asia Minor. Antiochus defeated Ptolemy decisively at the Battle...of Ptolemy to Cleopatra, daughter of Antiochus. Egypt was much weakened when his reign...
Demetrius I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...a hostage to Rome, where he remained during the reigns of his father and his uncle Antiochus IV. After Antiochus died, he was succeeded by his son Antiochus V, but Demetrius escaped (162 BC), killed his cousin, and took the throne. He...
Seleucus II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ancient Syria (247-226 BC), son of Antiochus II. On his father's death there was...had to wage war with his own brother, Antiochus Hierax, for Asia Minor. Bactria and...a three-year reign; another son, Antiochus III , then became king.

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Antiochus
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Antiochus Eight Seleucid kings, notably Antiochus III and Antiochus IV. Antiochus III (known as ‘Antiochus the Great’) ( c. 242–187 BC) reigned from 223 to 187 BC. He restored and expanded the Seleucid empire...
Antiochus Epiphanes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Antiochus Epiphanes (d. 164 BC), King of Syria from 175 BC. In 169 BC he attacked Jerusalem and despoiled the Temple ; in 167 BC Jewish customs were forbidden, the Temple was defiled, and pagan cults instituted. This led to the Maccabean revolt.
Daniel, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...perpetrated by the Seleucid conqueror Antiochus Epiphanes when he installed a pagan altar...example, the account of the death of Antiochus (Dan. 11: 45)—which implies...those in the past. The Seleucid king Antiochus was determined to create a common Greek...
Abomination of Desolation
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...idolatrous which was set up on the altar of the Jerusalem Temple in obedience to the command of Antiochus IV (Epiphanes)—possibly an image of Antiochus. It is then picked up in the New Testament (Matthew 24. 15, Mark 13. 14), where...
Aratus of Soli
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Gonatas (276 – 239 b.c.) and in Syria with Antiochus I. He is said to have prepared an edition of Homer ’...the marriage of Antigonus Gonatas to Phile, half sister of Antiochus; epideceia addressed to his friends (and one to his brother...
important dates in biblical history
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Alexander the Great conquers Palestine 323 Empire divided amongst Alexander’s generals. Seleucus gains Babylonia 175 Antiochus IV Epiphanes in control 167 Desecration of the Temple and the Maccabean War 164 Judas Maccabaeus defeats Lysias, enters Jerusalem...
persecution
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...military action, or mob violence against an individual (as Acts 7: 57–8). The Jews suffered persecution when Antiochus Epiphanes (175–164 BCE) attempted to absorb them into his Hellenistic culture and condemned to death (1 Macc...
chronology of the Old Testament
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Syrian period lasted from 200 BCE until Pompey took Jerusalem for the Romans in 63 BCE. The desecration of the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Macc. 1: 54) took place in 167 BCE. The following is a list of key dates in OT history, though until the...
desolating sacrilege
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...abomination’, NJB). The phrase is used in Dan. 9: 27 to denote the pagan altar set up in the Jerusalem Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 BCE; and in Mark 13: 14 it may refer to the failed attempt by the emperor Caligula to install his statue...
Maccabees, Books of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...of Simon the Hasmonean and Judah Maccabee. 1 Maccabees , originally written in Hebrew, covers the period of Jewish history from the accession of King Antiochus Epiphanes ( c. 175 BCE) to the death of Simon the Hasmonean in 135 BCE.

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Daniel's Portrait of Antiochus IV: Echoes of a Persian King
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...or to historical hindsight. I. Antiochus IV in the Book of Daniel The topic of this article is the portrait of Antiochus IV painted by the author of the Book...these kings sound like a resume of Antiochus IV: despoiling the temple (1...
PLOTTING ANTIOCHUS'S PERSECUTION
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...167 B.C.E. when the Seleucid king Antiochus IV issued a series of decrees outlawing...follow "customs strange to the land." Antiochus IV's persecution of Jewish religious...of the Jews in Jerusalem, including Antiochus s own Seleucid forebears, were not merely...
Graupner opera `Antiochus' among BEMF new season offerings
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...for the 2008-09 season, including "Antiochus und Stratonica" by the German composer...Italian libretto by Barthold Feind, "Antiochus und Stratonica" is set in ancient Persia...will sing the role of Stratonica. Her Antiochus has not yet been announced. The organization...
Karamanolis, George. Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Agreement? Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry. Oxford: Clarendon Press...24, n. 73) Chapter One centers on Antiochus of Ascalon (c. 130-68 BC), who...unanimity in prior interpretations of Plato, Antiochus considered the Forms as "primarily concepts...
Influences and Traditions Underlying the Vision of Daniel 7:2-14: The Research History from the End of the 19th Century to the Present / Hellenisms und Judentum: Vier Studien zu Daniel 7 und zur Religionsnot unter Antiochus IVV
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Ruprecht, 2000. Pp. vii + 143. EUR 37.00. Hellenismus and Judentum: Vier Studien zu Daniel 7 and zur Religionsnot enter Antiochus IV, by Othmar Keel and Urs Staub. OBO 178. Fribourg, Switzerland: Universitatsverlag; Gottingen: Vandenhoeck &...
Meridor is no Antiochus
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/13/1996; ; 700+ words ; Amotz Asa-El Jerusalem Post 12-13-1996 TWO years before his current battle against the budget in particular and economic sanity in general, David Levy ostensibly entertained "thoughts" of spearheading a brand-new, "socially oriented" party together with disgruntled Laborites and Shasniks. The
On Chanukah, We Met the Enemy, And They Was Us
Newspaper article from: Forward; 12/21/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...ah," the "evil Greek kingdom" of Antiochus Epiphanes and the Syrian Greeks. The...Maccabees. The implication? Prior to Antiochus, the Jews of Palestine were pious and...wrested away from their observance only by Antiochus's evil decrees. So what's wrong...
The robbery & murder behind the story of Hanukka
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/28/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Jewish child knows the names of Judas Maccabeus and Antiochus Epiphanes, but who has heard of Heliodorus, intimate...Seleucus IV succeeded to the throne of his father Antiochus III, aka Antiochus the Great. Antiochus had wrested Coele-Syria...
Philosophical consolations
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/4/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the 'Gunpowder' season at the Swan, Antiochus, an Asian king from the 2nd century...their long-lost king. But although Antiochus really is who he says he is, he's...character in the play. Peter de Jersey plays Antiochus as a much putupon Hamlet, adrift on...
Hanukka, resolve and international politics today
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/27/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...December 27, 2005 -- What induced Antiochus Epiphanes to attempt to eradicate Judaism...era, Josephus Flavius mentions that Antiochus initially granted Jews the right to keep...unprecedented. One might presume that all of Antiochus's predecessors who had ruled over the...