Bibliography


Title: Hoherpriester oder Politiker? Die Stellung der Hohenpriester von Jaddua bis Jonathan zur jüdischen Gemeinde und zum hellenistischen Staat
Author: Schunck, Klaus-Dietrich
Pages: 498-512
Type: Generic
Year: 1994
Abstract: "On the basis of Josephus' writings, 1-2 Maccabees, and other sources, the article describes the political involvements of Jewish high priests from the time of Alexander the Great ot the Maccabees: Jaddua, Onias I, Ezekias, Onias II, Simon II, Onias III, Jason, Menelaus, Alcimus, and Jonathan Maccabeus. Jonathan was not from the high priest and even the religious goals of the Maccabean uprising to his political goals. - D.J.H."
Keywords: Cultural and Religious History of Ancient Judaism