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The Jewish Satan Mastema and the Cosmic War Against God
Ancient Origins 02 Nov 2021
John Hyrcanus is known for having expanded the domain of the Judean nation but also angering many and it is said the Book of Jubilees was written in part to correct this ... The main source on Mastema is the Book of Jubilees which is a Jewish apocryphal book, most likely written during the 2nd century BC during the reign of John Hyrcanus .
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The Maccabean Revolt: The Jewish Rebellion Against the Seleucid Empire
Ancient Origins 21 Jul 2021
The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid Empire that took place during the 2nd century BC ... Named After the Priestly Maccabees ... Subsequently, the title was extended to the rest of Judas’ family, i.e., his father, Mattathias, his four brothers, John, Simon, Eleazar, and Jonathan, and his nephew and successor, John Hyrcanus ... ( ) ... .
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Strong Hasmonean — and Jewish — Women
The Algemeiner 25 Dec 2020
John Hyrcanus (164-104 BCE), the nephew of Judah Maccabee, had expanded the Hasmonean Kingdom. Salome Alexandra, from a noble family, had married Aristobulus, the eldest of John Hyrcanus’s five sons ... Her second big mistake was that, like so many Jewish mothers, she completely indulged her two sons — Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II.
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Why We Fast: To Learn the Dangers of Jewish Division
The Algemeiner 26 Jul 2020
But he too was assassinated — by his own son-in-law! His son, John Hyrcanus (135-104 BCE) was a fighting man ... But then she made her (second) big mistake — to trust her two sons, Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II, to run the country after her ... He conquered Jerusalem (63 BCE) and installed Hyrcanus.
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Flashbacks in the Jordan Valley
The Jerusalem Post 23 Jan 2020
In this valley, soon after Hasmonean Queen Salome’s death, her sons John Hyrcanus II and Judah Aristobulus fought a civil war over her crown ... Jerusalem’s Jews then split between John, who opened the city’s gates to the enemy, and his opponents, who fought on the Temple Mount a chanceless last stand ... www.MiddleIsrael.net ... .
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