History, Pt 2 Flashcards
Who were the Hasidim?
Pious common people who fought against the two aristocratic parties and the Hellenistic changes.
How did Antiochus Epiphanes IV incite a rebellion?
He looted the temple treasury to fund his Egypt campaign
Who changed Jerusalem’s status to a katoikia?
Antiochus Epiphanes IV
What was the significance of changing Jerusalem’s status to a katoikia?
Gentiles could now vote on reforms and even change temple practices
Which kingdom was Antiochus Epiphanes IV part of?
The Seleucids
Under which ruler were the Jews persecuted?
Antiochus Epiphanes IV
Why did Antiochus Epiphanes IV persecute the Jews?
He reasoned that the rebellion had come from pious Jews and so the religion needed to be outlawed.
What was the abomination of the desolation?
Something the Seleucids put in the Jewish temple during the persecution.
Whose actions began the Maccabean Revolt?
Mattathias
What did Mattathias do?
He killed an officer trying to enforce pagan worship.
What does Hanukkah commemorate?
The rededication of the temple after the Maccabean revolt.
Who lead the Maccabean Revolt?
First Mattathias and then his son Judas
What year was the temple rededicated after the Maccabean Revolt?
164 BC
Which son of Mattathias succeeded in being recognized by the Seleucid king as an independent ruler of Jerusalem?
Simon
Which leader of the Maccabean Revolt oversaw the rededication of the temple?
Judas Maccabeus
