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Antiochus IV Epiphanes: Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory).
 
 
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Biography of Antiochus, IV
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Antiochus IV (ca. 215-163 BC), called Epiphanes, or "God on Earth," was a king of Syria. He attempted to impose Hellenic culture on the Jews and thus precipitated the rebellion of the Maccabees. The third son of Antiochus III, Antiochus IV succeeded...


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Antiochus IV Epiphanes ([ænˈtɑi̯əkəs.ɛˈpɪfəniːz] Αντίοχος Επιφανής, Greek: "The Shining One") (ca. 215–164 BC) ruled the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death. He was a son of Antiochus III the Great...


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The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Daniel's Portrait of Antiochus IV: Echoes of a Persian King
07/01/2004: 4,010 words, approx. 13 pages
IT HAS LONG BEEN recognized that the Book of Daniel provides a valuable historical witness to the events surrounding the Maccabean revolt. Although the book recounts history in symbolic visions, and thus would be unintelligible to us without external corroboration, such corroboration does exist-primarily...
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Journal of Biblical Literature
Plotting Antiochus's Persecution
07/01/2004: 5,116 words, approx. 17 pages
The history of religious persecution could be said to have begun in 167 B.C.E. when the Seleucid king Antiochus IV issued a series of decrees outlawing Jewish religious practice. According to 1 Maccabees, anyone found with a copy of the Torah or adhering to...
 


 

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