TY - JOUR AU - Peters, Joshua PY - 2020/06/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Antiochus IV, Jewish Quarrels, and the Maccabean Revolt JF - Constellations JA - Constellations VL - 11 IS - 2 SE - Classics DO - 10.29173/cons29431 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/constellations/index.php/constellations/article/view/29431 SP - AB - <p>This paper discusses how Jewish quarreling was a reason that Antiochus IV entered Jerusalem in 168 BCE and violently acted against the anti-Seleucid Jews. Two primary sources, 1+2 Maccabees and Josephus, are used extensively to demonstrate that this was indeed the case.</p> ER -