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	MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: The Hasmonean Era
		All this changed, however, under the Hasmoneans; as Jerusalem assumed its role as the center of a sizable state, the city's dimensions and fortunes were affected as well.
		Hasmonean coinage proclaims the dual identification of these rulers, who were both religious functionaries (high priests) and political leaders (ethnarchs and later, kings).
		The Hasmoneans, for their part, exhibited an outright hostility toward the local pagan population, proceeded to destroy all traces of idolatry (shrines and temples), removed the idolaters themselves in one way or another (by conversion, murder, or exile), and instituted a rigorous policy of purification, thereby, in effect, Judaizing their realm.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Ancient/TheStoryI/Hasmonean.htm (1220 words)

	Jewish History
		After Solomon 's reign the nation split into two kingdoms, Israel, consisting of ten of the tribes (in the north), and Judah, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (in the south).
		The kingdom of Judah was conquered by a Babylonian army in the early 6th century BCE.
		The Hasmonean Dynasty eventually disintegrated as a result of civil war between the sons of Salome Alexandra, Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Jewish_history (2505 words)

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		The revolt was led at first by Mattathias of the priestly Hasmonean dynasty and, upon his death, by his son, Judah, known as the Maccabee, who scored a number of victories against the Seleucid army and purified the Temple (164 BCE).
		Hasmonean Dynasty (142-63 BCE) Following further Hasmonean victories, the Seleucids (142 BCE) restored political and religious autonomy to Judea (as the Land of Israel was now called) and, with the collapse of the Seleucid kingdom (129 BCE), complete independence was achieved.
		The Crusader kingdom was that of a conquering minority confined mainly to fortified cities and castles.
	www.ncf.ca /freenet/rootdir/menus/government/embassies/mid.east/israel/info/facts/history (7679 words)

	Hasmonean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hasmonean Kingdom (pronunciation) in ancient Judea and its ruling dynasty from 140 BCE to 37 BCE was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army in 165 BCE.
		The origin of the Hasmonean dynasty is recorded in the books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees.
		The leadership of the Hasmoneans was founded by a resolution, adopted in 141 BCE, at a large assembly "of the priests and the people and of the elders of the land, to the effect that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet" (I Macc.
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	Hasmonean
		The Hasmonean Kingdom (pronunciation) (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?hasmon01.wav=Hasmonean) in ancient Judea and its ruling dynasty from 140 BC to 37 BC was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army in 165 BC.
		The leadership of the Hasmoneans was founded by a resolution, adopted in 141 BC, at a large assembly "of the priests and the people and of the elders of the land, to the effect that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet" (I Macc.
		The family name of the Hasmonean dynasty originates with the ancestor of the house, Ἀσαμωναῖος Asamoneus or Asmoneus (see Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities: [1] (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=J.+AJ+12.265); [2] (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=J.+AJ+14.468); [3] (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=J.+AJ+16.179)), who is said to have been the grandfather of Mattathias, but about whom nothing more is known.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hasmonean_kingdom (902 words)

	Jewish history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After Solomon's reign the nation split into two kingdoms, Israel, consisting of ten of the tribes (in the north), and Judah, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (in the south).
		The kingdom of Judah was conquered by a Babylonian army in the early 6th century BCE.
		The Hasmonean Dynasty eventually disintegrated as a result of civil war between the sons of Salome Alexandra, Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jewish_history (2564 words)

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		The revolt was led at first by Mattathias of the priestly Hasmonean dynasty and, upon his death, by his son, Judah, known as the Maccabee, who scored a number of victories against the Seleucid army and purified the Temple (164 BCE).
		Hasmonean Dynasty (142-63 BCE) Following further Hasmonean victories, the Seleucids (142 BCE) restored political and religious autonomy to Judea (as the Land of Israel was now called) and, with the collapse of the Seleucid kingdom (129 BCE), complete independence was achieved.
		The Crusader kingdom was that of a conquering minority confined mainly to fortified cities and castles.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /freenet/rootdir/menus/government/embassies/mid.east/israel/info/facts/history (7679 words)

	UJS the hasmonean revolt
		The family, known as the Hasmoneans, assumed both the religious and the temporal leadership of the people and Simeon, at a great assembly in Jerusalem in 140 bce was appointed ethnarch i.e.
		The Hasmonean conquests thus eradicated the main political impact of Hellenism from the territory of Eretz Israel.
		At its beginning the Hasmonean dynasty was borne along a tide of religious-national enthusiasm, but already at an early stage it was evident that its supporters were not all of one complexion.
	www.ujs-online.co.uk /education/jewishhistory/hasmoneanrevolt (423 words)

	Seleucid Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This kingdom was characterized by a rich Hellenistic culture, and was to continue its domination of Bactria until around 125 B.C., when it was overrun by the invasion of northern nomads.
		Aside from the secessions of Parthia and Bactria, Seleucus was soon dramatically defeated in the Third Syrian War against Ptolemy III of Egypt, and then had to fight a civil war against his own brother Antiochus Hierax.
		Despite the clear collapse of their power and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other outside powers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seleucid_Empire (1881 words)

	Maccabean-Jerusalem through Coins
		Kingdom of Syria, Antiochus VII Sidetes, 138-129 BC, AR tetradrachm, (16.59g) Antioch or mint associated with Antioch, Diademed and draped head right, fillet border.
		John Hyrcanus, a descendant of Judah Maccabee, was the first Hasmonean leader to mint coinage, indeed he is the first ever to mint Jewish coins.
		Antiochus VII composes a letter to the Hasmoneans granting the authority to mint coins.
	members.verizon.net /vze3xycv/Jerusalem/confHasmonAnt4.htm (1374 words)

	The Hasmonean revolution was a two part conflict which led to a brief, but significant, independence for the Jews, and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hasmonean revolt was an ideological and political conflict that led to a brief, but significant, independence for the Jews of Palestine and, ultimately, to Roman domination over the Jews.
		The Hasmonean revolt was in response to the threats posed by Hellenistic culture to the Jews.
		The Hasmoneans believed that the Jews would never be able to practice their religion free from the shadow of oppression by the Seleucids unless they gained independence.
	pigseye.kennesaw.edu /~jgodfrey/hasmonean.htm (2648 words)

	Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It continued to be the capital of Judah and center of Jewish worship, as a province under the Persians, Greek and Romans, with a relatively short period of independence under the Hasmonean Kingdom.
		Jerusalem became the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a feudal state, of which the King of Jerusalem was the chief.
		Jerusalem became the capital of a 'Latin Kingdom' with a Latin church and a Latin Patriarch, all under the authority of the Pope.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerusalem (9122 words)

	To Kingdom Come - III
		The fracturing of the Davidic Kingdom is a crucial fact that you have to keep in mind as you read the remainder of the Bible, especially the prophets.
		That means that by Jeroboam's schism the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom (Israel) had severed themselves from God's covenant with David - the covenant under which for all time David's son was to be King of all Israel, and all Israel was to worship at the central sanctuary in Jerusalem.
		The Northern Kingdom was destroyed in 722 B.C., overrun by the vicious Assyrians.
	www.salvationhistory.com /utilities/articlePrinter.cfm?pageName=/online/beginner/class_1lesson5_3.cfm (3802 words)

	Seleucid Triumph
		In 165 BC Demetrius was forced to concede loss of the provinces to the newly established Hasmonean Kingdom, a vassal of Egypt.
		The new Kingdom was radically different than past rulers, as its dynasty was not Roman in the least- it was the Franks, who seized Rome in 359 AD and had themselves granted the laurels.
		Romanesque cities were constructed in the "Civilized Kingdoms of the South", as Trinovantium, Brigantium, Icenia, and Dumnonia were known, while Latin often became a language of the aristocracy next to their native Brythonic tongues, which were written in a Latin alphabet.
	www.changingthetimes.net /samples/0to9/seleucid_triumph.htm (8165 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - A Very Brief History of Jerusalem
		The Kingdom of Israel became rich and powerful; maybe the taxes were a bit high, but all-in-all Solomon was a good king, and he didn't have any problems.
		Then Solomon died, internal fights followed, and the kingdom was divided into two small rival kingdoms, The Kingdom of Israel that had its capital in Samaria and the smaller Kingdom of Judea that had its capital in Jerusalem.
		Invasions of neighbouring kingdoms were the natural consequence of this, and as early as 5 years into his rule King Rehoboam (Solomon's son) had to pay the Egyptian king Shishak with the gold treasures of the Temple to prevent him from conquering Jerusalem.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2262674 (1942 words)

	The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics
		Under Aristobulus' brother, Alexander Jannaeus, the Jewish kingdom reached its zenith, stretching from Panias to Beer-Sheba, from the Mediterranean coast to the east bank of the Jordan (Transjordan).
		With the exception of an extremely rare medium bronze (double prutah) coin of John Hyrcanus, and large bronze coins (chalcus and dichalcus) of Antigonus Mattathias, all of the Hasmonean coins were small bronze prutahs and tiny half prutahs.
		Another common Hasmonean type is the anchor/sun-wheel bronze prutah and half prutah (often called "mite").
	www.amuseum.org /book/page5.html (564 words)

	BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
		Eventually Alexander's unified empire was broken into smaller Hellenistic kingdoms, two of which were the Seleucid kingdom—stretching from Asia Minor eastward—and the Ptolemaic kingdom, which was centered in Egypt.
		A major source of tension was over the issue of Hellenism, which was the state-supported culture of the Seleucid kingdom; the Seleucid rulers encouraged Hellenism among their subject peoples in hope of unifying them into a single culture, thereby lessening the possibility of dissension and revolt.
		At the time he was involved in a successful campaign against the Ptolemaic kingdom to the south of Judea, and on his return to Syria, in 169 BCE invaded Jerusalem, slaughtered many Jews who opposed him, and plundered the Temple.
	www.abu.nb.ca /courses/NTIntro/History1.htm (4219 words)

	Jerusalem
		David expanded the city to the south, and declared it the capital city of the united Kingdom of Israel.
		By the end of the First Temple period, Jerusalem was the sole acting religious shrine in the kingdom and a center of regular pilgrimage.
		It continued to be the capital of Judah and center of Jewish worship for another four centuries under the Hasmonean Kingdom.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Middle_East/Israel/Jerusalem/jerusalem.html (1317 words)

	Judaism, Jewish History Overview and Time Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The kingdom of Judah was conquered by a Babylonian army in the early 6th century BC.
		Judea under Roman rule was at first an independent Jewish kingdom, but gradually the rule over Judea became less and less Jewish, until it became under the direct rule of Roman administration (and renamed the province of Judaea), which was often callous and brutal in its treatment of its Judean subjects.
		The kingdom of Judah, whose capital was Jerusalem and contained the temple, remained under the rulership of the house of David.
	www.important.ca /jewish_history_judaism.html (2785 words)

	Babylonian captivity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name generally given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
		It also provided an historical basis for political quietism, in which Jews saw oppression by other nations as a form of divine punishment to be endured patiently.
		Accordingly, the short-lived independent Hasmonean kingdom in a probable attempt to break this mentality, later consciously re-introduced some pre-exilic customs, such as the old script, which then fell out of use again after that kingdom's fall to the Romans.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babylonian_captivity (663 words)

	The Hasmonean Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		First led by Mattathias of the priestly Hasmonean family and then by his son Judah the Maccabee, the Jews subsequently entered Jerusalem and purified the Temple (164 BCE), events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
		Following further Hasmonean victories (147 BCE), the Seleucids restored autonomy to Judea, as the Land of Israel was now called, and, with the collapse of the Seleucid kingdom (129 BCE), Jewish independence was again achieved.
		Under the Hasmonean dynasty, which lasted about 80 years, the kingdom regained boundaries not far short of Solomon's realm, political consolidation under Jewish rule was attained and Jewish life flourished.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/Hasmonean.html (162 words)

	The Holy Land (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yannai was the first Hasmonean to actually use the title "King"; prior to that the Hasmoneans were content with the High Priesthood and the position of ethnarch.
		The northern division of Solomon's Kingdom, as distinct from Judah, in the south.
		Although the Kingdom ruled over the Galilee, the coastal plain and large regions in trans-Jordan, its core was always in Samaria and it was sometimes referred to by that name.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Holyland.html (5432 words)

	Israel and Judah
		However, on Solomon's death in 926 BCE the kingdom began to fragment, bisecting into the kingdom of Israel in the north (including the cities of Shechem and Samaria) and the kingdom of Judah in the south (containing Jerusalem).
		Judah, the southern Kingdom, had Jerusalem as its capital and was led by Rehoboam.
		Jeroboam led the revolt of the northern tribes and established the (northern) Kingdom of Israel.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/339183 (1739 words)

	timeline of jewish history
		The unified kingdom under David and his son Solomon, who built a centralized temple to the god of Israel in the city of Jerusalem and consolidated power and wealth through military conquest and diplomatic alliances.
		Leaders of Judah returned from exile and rebuilt the temple and the city of Jerusalem, which was the heart of the new province of yehud: the Jews slowly rebuild an economy and a community centered on the Scriptures (torah) and worship of their God at the second temple.
		Their dynasty was known as the Hasmonean dynasty; under the reign of the Hasmoneans, the boundaries of Ioudaia expanded north and south; the Hasmoneans acted as both political leaders and high priests of the temple in Jerusalem.
	faculty.ucr.edu /~andrew/western/jewish_history.htm (1530 words)

	Seleucid Empire - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Antiochus and Philip V of Macedon made a compact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions overseas and the Seleucids ousted Ptolemy V from control of the former Kingdoms of Judah and Israel (which had been occupied for 400 years by Babylonians and then Persians until the conquests of Alexander).
		The Hasmonean Jewish Kingdom was established in 166 BC, and in 142 BC the Seleucids recognized Jewish autonomy.
		While nations like Armenia and Judea were allowed to continue their rule under local kings, Pompey saw the Seleucids as too troublesome to continue on, and so, while the Seleucids were in the middle of yet another civil war, he annexed Syria and ended the House of Seleucus.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Seleucid_Kingdom (863 words)

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