The Hasmonean Dynasty (142-37 BCE)

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1. From Text to Tradition
   1. The Hasmonean Dynasty
2. Historical surveys
   1. Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism: Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part III
3. Primary sources
   1. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 179-83: The Ascendancy of Jonathan
   2. Maccabees 12-15: Jonathan’s Death and the Reign of Simon
   3. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 225-9: The Death of Simon
   4. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 230-300: The Reign of John Hyrcanus
   5. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 301-23: The Reign of Aristobulus
   6. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 356-83: The Reign of Alexander Janneus
   7. Josephus, Antiquities XIII, 398-432: Queen Salome Alexandra
   8. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 4-79: Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus
   9. Babylonian Talmud Sotah 49b: Hyrcanus and Aristobulus at War
4. Secondary sources
   1. Steven Fine. “Art and Identity in Latter Second Temple Period Judea: The Hasmonean Royal Tombs at Modi’in.” The Twenty-Fourth Annual Rabbi Louis Feinberg Memorial Lecture in Judaic Studies. University of Cincinnati, 2001.
   2. Suzanne F. Singer. “The Winter Palaces of Jericho.” Biblical Archaeology Review 3, 2 (1977).
5. Images
   1. The Hasmonean and Herodian Winter Palace in Jericho.
   2. A Mikvah (ritual bath) at the Hasmonean and Herodian Winter Palace in Jericho.
   3. Tomb of Zechariah, Jerusalem, 2nd century BCE.
   4. Tomb of Jason, Jerusalem, 2nd century BCE.
   5. Tomb of Absalom, Jerusalem, 1st century BCE.
   6. Coin of the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus I, ruled 134-104 BCE, portraying paleo-Hebrew inscription surrounded by wreath, (front).
   7. Coin of the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus I, ruled 134-104 BCE, portraying double cornucopia and pomegranate, (reverse).
   8. Coin of the Hasmonean king Alexander Janneus, ruled 103-76 BCE, portraying anchor surrounded by inscription, (front).
   9. Coin of the Hasmonean King Alexander Janneus, ruled 103-76 BCE, portraying eight-pointed star diadem, (reverse).
   10. Coin of the Hasmonean king Mattathias Antigonous, ruled 37-40 BCE, portraying Table of the Showbread (front).
   11. Coin of the Hasmonean king Mattathias Antigonous, ruled 37-40 BCE, portraying menorah, (reverse).