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According to Joseph P. Schultz, modern scholarship "considers the Maccabean revolt less as an uprising against foreign oppression than as a civil war between the orthodox and reformist parties in the Jewish camp", [20] but John J. Collins writes that while the civil war between Jewish leaders led to the king's new policies, it is wrong to see ...
The books of Maccabees were downplayed and relegated in the Jewish tradition and not included in the Jewish Tanakh (Hebrew Bible); it would be Christians who would produce more art and literature referencing the Maccabees during the medieval era, as the books of Maccabees were included in the Catholic and Orthodox Biblical canon. [112]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yom Ha'atzmaut יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת Aerobatics display over Tel Aviv on Israel's 61st Independence Day, 2009 Observed by Israelis Celebrations Family gatherings, firework displays, public celebrations (barbecues, picnics, concerts, etc.), religious services Observances Mount Herzl ...
A Clash of Destinies. The Arab-Jewish War and the Founding of the State of Israel. Frederick A. Praeger. LCCN 60-6996. OCLC 1348948. Levenberg, Haim (1993). Military Preparations of the Arab Community in Palestine: 1945–1948. London: Routledge. Levi, Yitzhak (1986). Nine Measures: The Battles for Jerusalem in the War of Independence (in ...
The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt, [a] the First Jewish Revolt, or the Jewish War, [b] was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire.
The boldness of the Jewish offensives against the loyalists of Demetrius led Diodotus to fear an ever-increasing Jewish independence, and as such began to plot against Jonathan – this being whilst Antiochus VI was still alive. Luring Jonathan to Ptolemais with a small guard, Diodotus kidnapped him and unsuccessfully held him for ransom.
The First Jewish-Roman War ended with the devastating siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, including the burning of the Second Temple—the center of Jewish religious and national life. Roman forces destroyed other towns and villages throughout Judaea, causing massive loss of life and displacement of the population. [ 12 ]
The four kibbutzes of the Gush Etzion at the time of the 1948 war (Kfar Etzion, Ein Zurim, Massuot Yitzhak, Revadim) overlaid on a 1943 Survey of Palestine map.The land area is shown as being within the village boundaries of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah. 1943 Survey of Palestine map, shortly prior to the founding of Jewish settlements in the area.