Hellinistic period in Judea and the Hasmonean Revolt

On the death of Alexander the Great (322) his generals divided the empire between them. Ptolemy I seized Egypt and Judea, but his successors lost it to the Seleucids, the rulers of Syria, in 198. At first relations between the Seleucids and the Jews were cordial, but the attempt of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (174--163) to impose Hellenic culture sparked a national rebellion, which ended in the expulsion of the Syrians and the establishment of an independent Jewish kingdom under the Hasmonean dynasty. The Hasmonean kingdom was a conscious attempt to revive the Judah described in the Bible: a Jewish monarchy ruled from Jerusalem and stretching over all the territories once ruled by David and Solomon. In order to carry out this project the Hasmoneans kings forcibly converted to Judaism the one-time Moabites, Edomites, Itureans and Ammonites.

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