Tales of high priests and taxes: the Books of the Maccabees and the Judean rebellion against Antiochos IV
"In the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great, the ancient world of the Bible--the ancient Near East--came under Greek rule, and in the land of Israel, time-old traditions and Greek culture met. But with the accession of King Antiochus IV, the soft power of culture was replaced with arme...
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