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Encyclopedia - 160 Bc: Encyclopedia - 160 Bc
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Encyclopedia - Attalid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Attalid Dynasty
The Attalid dynasty was a Greek dynasty that ruled the city of Pergamon after the death of Lysimachus, a general of Alexander the Great. ...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - Battle Of Elasa: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Elasa
The Battle of Elasa was fought between Jewish and Syrian Forces during the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Kingdom. In 160 BC, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2 Maccabees: Encyclopedia - 2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jews' revolt against Antiochus and concludes with the defeat of ...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia - Angel
An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God or the gods. Angel - Etymology. The Engl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Leader Of The Jews
Jonathan was one of the sons of Mattathias Maccabaeus. His father was a Kohen credited as the founding figure of the rebellion of the Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Angels In The Tanakh
The Biblical name for angel, מלאך ('malakh"), obtained the further signification of "angel" only through the addition of God's name, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2 Maccabees: Encyclopedia Ii - 2 Maccabees - Author
The author of 2 Maccabees is not identified, but he claims to be abridging a 5-volume work by Jason of Cyrene. This longer work is not pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Friendship With Rome And Sparta.
As Demetrius II did not keep his promise, Jonathan thought it better to support the new king when Diodotus Tryphon and Antiochus VI seize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Diodotus Tryphon
This made Diodotus Tryphon suspicious; he went with an army to Judea, invited Jonathan to Scythopolis for a friendly conference, and pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Under Demetrius Ii.
In 145 BC, the Battle of Antioch resulted in the final defeat of Alexander Balas by the forces of his father-in-law Ptolemy VI. Ptolemy h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Other Religions
Angels are also a part of New Age beliefs. In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, but this is not stri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Christian Views
In the New Testament angels appear frequently as the ministers of God and the agents of revelation (E.g. Matthew 1:20 (to Joseph), 4:11. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Latter-day Saint Views
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism), and several of his associates, claimed that they were visited by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Islamic Views
The belief in angels is central to the religion of Islam, beginning with the belief that the Qur'an was dictated to the Prophet Muhammad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Jewish Views
Angels appear in several Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) stories, in addition to the ones previously mentioned above. These include the warn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Other Religions
Angels are also a part of Zoroastrianism (called Amesha Spentas, of whom six are extremely important) and New Age beliefs. Also, angel-li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angel: Encyclopedia Ii - Angel - Angels As A Development Step Of The Soul
Some mystics believe, that a soul is growing in steps from minerals, plants and animals to men. When the human body dies, a soul could be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - High Priest.
But Jonathan must have used this peaceful period to good advantage, for he was soon in possession of great power. An important external e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Turn Of Fate
However Jonathan was not idle. He continued activities against the Jews influenced by the Hellenistic civilization. Two years after the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Victory Over Apollonius.
Jonathan proved grateful. In 147 BC, Demetrius II Nicator, a son of Demetrius I Soter, started claiming the throne against Alexander Bala...   » Read the article