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WERE THE HASMONEANS ZADOKITES?
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A series of important changes overtook the Jewish high priesthood in the early Seleucid period. Zadokites in the family line of Joshua the son of Jehozadak had passed the office along in hereditary fashion for about 350 years before Menelaus, a person with different family connections (2 Mace 3:4), usurped the office in 172 B.C.E. At Menelaus's death in 162 B.C.E., Alcimus, whose familial connections are unknown,1 succeeded him by royal appointment (162-159 B.C.E.). After Alcimus came that sa...
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WERE THE HASMONEANS ZADOKITES?
Journal of Biblical Literature
; A series of important changes overtook the Jewish high priesthood in the early Seleucid period. Zadokites in the family line of Joshua the son of Jehozadak had passed the office along in hereditary fashion for about 350 years before Menelaus, a person with different family connections (2 Mace 3:4),
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Hard times now, hard time then
Jerusalem Post
; Headline: Hard times now, hard time then Byline: ELI KAVON Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page: 14 Wednesday, December 5, 2007 -- In the Zionist imagination, the holiday of Hanukka is a celebration of triumph, glory, and a golden age of Jewish power and sovereignty under the leadership of the
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From Judah to Herod
Jerusalem Post
; Berel Wein Jerusalem Post 12-14-2001 Headline: From Judah to Herod Byline: Berel Wein Edition; International Section: Features Page: 39 Friday, December 14, 2001 -- This time of year brings to mind the heroes of the Hanukka story, the family of the Hasmoneans. This family ruled the Jewish state in
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Days of the Hasmoneans: A bloody period in Jewish history
Jerusalem Post
; SRAYA SHAPIRO Jerusalem Post 01-14-1996 SIMEON the Hasmonean was slain by his son-in-law, Ptolemy b. Abubus, while visiting Jericho in the year 134 BCE. At that time, Simeon had been at the height of glory as the quasi-independent ruler of Judea in the wake of victory in a hazardous war against the
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Hasmonean Jerusalem: A Jewish city in a Hellenistic orbit
Judaism
; BY THE HASMONEAN PERIOD (CA. 160-63 B.C.E Jerusalem had been under Jewish hegemony for almost one thousand years. The city had come to be regarded, by Jew and non-Jew alike, as a quintessentially Jewish city. Its population was overwhelmingly Jewish, as were its leadership, calendar, and public
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Religion and state separation
Jerusalem Post
; Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Jerusalem Post 12-13-1996 WE often hear from various secular leaders in Israel about the necessity of separating politics from religion, and even religion from state, as is the situation in most Western democracies. It is fascinating that within the Jewish tradition there is a
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Hanukkas delicate flames
Jerusalem Post
; Berel Wein Jerusalem Post 12-15-2000 Headline: Hanukkas delicate flames Byline: Berel Wein Edition; International Section: Features Page: 39 Friday, December 15, 2000 -- The holiday of Hanukka has achieved new and different importance in Jewish life today than was true of it centuries ago. There
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New find links Hasmoneans to Modi'in
Jerusalem Post
; ... been kept secret for two days, to protect it from haredi groups who object to any excavations of Jewish graves. Yesterday, after news of the find became known, groups of haredim began demonstrating at the site. Police arrested six demonstrators. Orbach said that ...
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He loves his twelve chairs. (comedian and director Mel Brooks on the video release of his movie 'The Twelve Chairs' and other topics)(Brief Article)(Interview)
U.S. News & World Report
; Of the 11 movies he has directed, Mel Brooks likes The Producers best and The Twelve Chairs next--it's the sweetly comic tale of three men dashing about Communist Russia in search of a chair with jewels sewn into the seat. But the 1970 film is hard to find on video. I make six copies a week for
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Hanukka seen in different lights
Jerusalem Post
; Herb Keinon Jerusalem Post 12-19-1997 Hanukka, the Zionist movement discovered, could be so much more than a children's holiday commemorating a miracle and a cruse of oil. It could be a vessel filled to the rim with symbols and messages used to rally the nation around the Cause. And it was.
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