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The Maccabean Revolt (168-164 BCE)
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From Text to Tradition
Hellenistic Reform and the Maccabean Revolt
Historical Surveys
Lee I. Levine. “The Age of Hellenism: Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Hasmonean Kingdom.” Part II
Primary sources
2 Maccabees 3-6: The Hellenistic Reform and the Onset of Persecution
1 Maccabees 1-4: The Maccabean Uprising
1 Maccabees 4-6: The Rededication of the Temple
2 Maccabees 11: Letters of Antiochus
1 Maccabees 7-10: The Final Hasmonean Victory
Images
Coin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruled 175-164 BCE, (front).
Coin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, ruled 175-164 BCE, (reverse).