PLOTTING ANTIOCHUS'S PERSECUTION.

Discusses the religious persecution in Babylonian period. Babylon under the ruling of Neo-Assyrian ruler Esarhaddon; Similarities of Babylonia royal propaganda to sacrileges imputed to enemy rulers; Persecution and Maccabean legitimacy in Babylon.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 123; no. 2; pp. 219 - 235
Main Author:	Weitzman, Steven
Format:	Article
Published:	Society of Biblical Literature Summer2004
Subjects:	Persecution Atrocities Kings & rulers Propaganda Legitimacy of governments
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Discusses the religious persecution in Babylonian period. Babylon under the ruling of Neo-Assyrian ruler Esarhaddon; Similarities of Babylonia royal propaganda to sacrileges imputed to enemy rulers; Persecution and Maccabean legitimacy in Babylon.