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| | Essene Chronology |
 | | 160-144: Jonathan Maccabaeus: High Priest and King of Jerusalem, assassinated. |
 | | 144-135: Simon Maccabaeus rules Jerusalem: expels Syrians, annexed Jaffa 135-104: John Hyrkanos I: Ethnarch and High Priest of Jerusalem, "Age of Expan-sion." annexes Trans-Jordan, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea. |
 | | Forces Idumeans to convert to Judaism, hired non-Jewish mercenaries, etc. Pharisees (Perushim: lay group) and Sadducees (Zedukim: Priests) in Judea, "Sadducees have their support only among the rich, and the people do not follow them, while the Pharisees have the people for their ally" -[JA13.298]. |
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