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Guerre and Shalom

The Maccabees: A Challenge to Political Authority

Where tradition meets power in a battle for legitimacy

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Dec 14, 2025
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Alexander Janneus, an ancient king, executed 800 Jews. The mode of this punishment was crucifixion. But Alexander was not a Greco-Syrian tyrant in the mold of Antiochus IV, the evil k…

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I am a yeshiva-educated Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Columbia, where I studied Comparative Religion and History. Hundreds of my essays have appeared in The Jerusalem Post.
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