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| Title: Alexander Jannaeus and the Pharisee Rift Secondary Title: JJS Volume: 30 Pages: 202-211 Type: Journal Article Year: 1979 Abstract: "Die Baraita in bQidd 66a, die die Entzweiung mit den Pharisäern Alexander Jannäus zuschreibt, ist älter und ursprünglicher, Ant. 13,288ff dagegen ist eine Mißinterpretation von Josephus selbst festgehalten".
"According to Josephus' Ant. 13:288-297 and b. Qidd. 66 a, a Pharisee challenged the Hasmonean ruler to give up the high priesthood and be content with secular rule. The Hasmonean ruler is identified as John Hyrcanus by Josephus and as Alexander Jannaeus by the Baraita. The baraita appears to record a more authoritative and original account of the rift with the Pharisees than Josephus does. This conclusion casts doubt on any suggestion of Pharisaic opposition to John Hyrcanus and significantly alters the chronology of the Pharisees' rift with the Hasmonean house". - D.J.H. Keywords: Jewish History: Hasmonean / Maccabean Era |