The Maccabee Rebellion by Amit Arad

Author:Amit Arad [Arad, Amit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

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14 Both the current and previous strategos were named Ptolemy.

15 In Aramaic, a nickname for an old man.

16 Book of the Yuvalim; chapter 1, verses 5-25.

17 The ancient Jewish Calendar which was used at the time was a solar calendar, much like the modern Christian/Western-descended calendar. The months were named by order of appearance, with the first month occurring in the spring, roughly equivalent to April. The ninth month roughly correlated with December. The holiday celebrating the purification and rededication of the Temple would later be titled Hanukah—”dedication”.

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