Antiochus IV Epiphanes

The Galactic civil war portrayed in the original Star Wars trilogy is one of the most well known, if not the most well known fictional conflict in science fiction. You can ask anyone who the good guys and bad guys are, and what each side was fighting for, and most everyone will be able to give the canonically correct answer: The Rebel Alliance fights to destroy the evil Galactic Empire, and to reinstate the republic. The Star Wars story has become so popular that even football and baseball fans…

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promise that we shall be raised up by him; where are do you there can be no resurrection to new life”. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a Greek King that rules Seleucids, he wants all Jewish people to become Greek and wants them to eat pork, not circumcise their babies and not follow the laws of Moses. 2 Maccabees 7 illustrates the persecution and torture of the Jewish people and because Antiochus IV Epiphanes persecuted the Jews they fought back and realized that righteous people were dying. This is…

Antiochus would take Alexander the Great’s vision of Hellenization a step further as he aimed at the eradication of the Jewish religion all together. He attempted to annihilate all copies of the Torah, banned some of the central elements of Jewish practice…

What is Hanukkah? Eight day celebration which celebrates the events during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem According to one of Judaism’s central texts, called the Talmud, Judah Maccabee and the others who were involved in the rededication of the Second Temple thought they saw a miracle. There was only supposed to be enough oil to keep the menorah’s candles burning for one day, but, the flames stayed lit for eight nights, giving them enough time more oil.…

Introduction The Second Temple period is a remarkable time in history. To gain a full understanding of the New Testament, one must thoroughly explore the political and religious background of this time period. Prior to the Second Temple period, the Hebrews were in captivity under Babylonian rule. This captivity dispersed the Hebrews among many locations with major effects upon the people, including social, cultural, and religious. Although the majority of the Hebrews would never return to…

The history of dreidel starts during the rule of Antiochus. Since at this time openly practicing their religion meant a death sentence Jews used the dreidel as a cover up. They would bring the dreidel with them while meeting to study Torah. If soldiers came to investigate what they were doing they would…

of differences could go on and on. At first, the Jews had little contact with Greek and Hellenistic culture. As time went on and the Alexandrian conquest became more evident, Jews began to see more and more Hellenistic ways of life. Under Antiochus IV Epiphanes’ rule in the Seleucid period, there was a heavy initiative to comprehensively Hellenize Judea. Other leaders as noted in the first section also supported the Hellenistic thrust and many of the Jews became more and more indoctrinated. …

In this essay we shall discuss the Romans’ reaction to Greek culture whilst comparing their relations with other cultures. Therefore, it shall be necessary to consult both ancient and modern scholarship. In order to understand the Roman attitude to the Greeks we need to explore the various things which Rome absorbed from the Greeks into its own culture. Amongst these are the conflation of traditional Roman deities with their Greek counterparts, inspirations for literature and the social…

Introduction In 605 B.C during Jehoiakim’s reign, the Babylonian’s king Nebuchadnezzar took Daniel and his friends as captives when he besieged Jerusalem. Daniel was taken captive because he fit in the standards, which the king was searching for: young men, good-looking and smart. During the time of captivity, Daniel, the author of the book of the Bible with the same name , writes about the dreams, visions and situations he passed in the course of the captivity. Indeed Daniel’s actions…