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Heliodorus and the Assassination of Seleucus IV according to Dan 11:20 and 2 Macc 3
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- Scolnic, B. (Author)
Title
Heliodorus and the Assassination of Seleucus IV according to Dan 11:20 and 2 Macc 3
Abstract
The impetus for the assassination of Seleucus IV in 175 B. C. E. is commonly associated with his robbing the temples and oppressing the peoples of the Seleucid kingdom in order to pay tribute to Rome according to the Treaty of Apamea. Reconsideration of the relevant evidence – especially Dan 11:20 and 2 Macc 3, with attention to a passage from Appian, inscriptions from Delos, the Heliodorus stele and the Ptolemaios dossier – suggests another explanation for these events. If Seleucus robbed the temples to finance his “royal splendor,” it is possible that Heliodorus and others tasked with taxing the kingdom may have objected to his controversial policies and taken action against him because of them. © 2016 [2017] Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen
Publication
Journal of Ancient Judaism
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Date
2016
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
354-384
Journal Abbr
J. Anc. Jud.
Citation Key
scolnicHeliodorusAssassinationSeleucus2016
ISSN
18693296 (ISSN)
Archive
Scopus
Language
English
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Citation
Scolnic, B. (2016). Heliodorus and the Assassination of Seleucus IV according to Dan 11:20 and 2 Macc 3. Journal of Ancient Judaism, 7(3), 354–384. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.30965/21967954-00703004
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