Encyclopedia - Alexander Jannaeus: Encyclopedia - Alexander Jannaeus
Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai), king of Judea from (103 BCE to 76 BCE), son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Jannaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Jannaeus - Civil War Against The Pharisees
An avid supporter of the aristocratic Hellenist faction known as the Sadducees, his reign was constantly challenged by opponents, among t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 76 Bc: Encyclopedia - 76 Bc
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 103 Bc: Encyclopedia - 103 Bc
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre Israel: Encyclopedia - Acre Israel
The city of Acre (Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ʻAkkā ▶ (help·info); also Ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salome Alexandra: Encyclopedia Ii - Salome Alexandra - Her Internal And External Policy
That the Pharisees, now that the control of affairs was in their hands, did not treat the Sadducees any too gently is very probable; alth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umm Qais: Encyclopedia Ii - Umm Qais - The Miracle
A controversy exists regarding the site found in all three of the synoptic Gospels, where Jesus healed the demoniacs and cast the demons ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzippori: Encyclopedia Ii - Tzippori - History
The city was established sometime around the year 100 BC, on a hill, giving it some degree of strategic advantage over the Hasmonean trib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pool Of Siloam: Encyclopedia Ii - Pool Of Siloam - The Pool Through Time
There would seem to have been at least three pools built, with various reconstructions over time: Pool of Siloam - Hezekiah's Pool. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippos - History
Hippos - Hellenistic period. It is possible that Mount Sussita was occupied before Hellenistic times, but the city of Hippos itself was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Acre Israel - History
Few towns have had a more chequered or calamitous history. Of great antiquity, Acre is probably to be identified with the Aak of the trib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre, Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Acre, Israel - Notable Sights And Places In Acre
The old city of Acre has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and contains, among other sites, a tunnel leading to a 13th-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre, Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Acre, Israel - History
Few towns have had a more chequered or calamitous history. Of great antiquity, Acre is probably to be identified with the Aak of the trib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hippos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hippos - Excavations
The German explorer Gottlieb Schumacher first surveyed Hippos in 1885, although he incorrectly identified the ruins as those of the town ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pool Of Siloam: Encyclopedia Ii - Pool Of Siloam - Discovery Of The Second Temple Period Pool
In the Fall of 2004, workers making excavations for a sewer line near the present-day pool in the Silwan district outside the walls of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Acre Israel - Notable Sights And Places In Acre
The old city of Acre has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and contains, among other sites, a tunnel leading to a 13th-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pool Of Siloam: Encyclopedia Ii - Pool Of Siloam - Bible
Hezekiah's tunnel is never explicitly referred to, but a celebratory inscription now in Istanbul records the event. Second Chronicles 32:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pool Of Siloam: Encyclopedia Ii - Pool Of Siloam - Silwan
This pool was identified with the Birket Silwan in East Jerusalem. Easton's Bible Dictionary describes Silwan as "in the lower Tyropoeon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Jannaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Jannaeus - Alliance With The Essenes
Alexander Jannaeus may have been in close relation with the monastic Essenes at some point, who were probably allies during his fight aga...   » Read the article