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| Title: Roman Intervention in a Seleucid Siege of Jerusalem? Pages: 65-81 Type: Generic Year: 1981 Abstract: "The Seleucid Antiochus VII Sidetes invaded Palestine in 135-134 B.C., the first year of the reign of John Hyrcanus (See Josephus, Ant. 13:236-248). Antiochus' rather sudden withdrawal and the respect that he showed for the Jerusalem Temple are best explained by reference to Roman intervention (see Ant: 13:259-264). Though only verbal, this Roman intervention was totally effective, perhaps because of Rome's involvement with both parties. - D.J.H. // The aprubt end of the siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus VII Sidetes in 135-34 B.C.E. was due to the intervention on behalf of Johns Hyrcanus by the Roman Senate. Evidence for that intervention is to be found in the senatorial decree preserved by Josephus in Ant. 13:259 ff., the text of which requires emendation. With that emendation it becomes probable that the decree reports the senate's action which led to the settlement of the war. Accounts of the siege and its conclusion in the historiographical tradition displays various pro and anti Jewish tendencies." Keywords: Jewish History: Hasmonean / Maccabean Era |