History of Israel...

According Alcimus Alexander already Alterth ancient Antiochus Antiochus Epiphanes Aristeas Aristobulus Asmonean Bacchides Bell Bibl book of Aristeas book of Daniel book of Esther book of Maccabees brother centuries certainly Chronicler Contr court Cyrus Demetrius divine Ecclus Egypt Egyptian Esdras exile Ezra fact favour feast fortress further Greek hagiocracy heathen Hebrew Herod high-priest Hist holy honour Hyrcanus Idumeans Israel Jahrbb Jahveh Jerusalem Jonathan Jordan Josephus Judah Judas Judeans king kingdom later Macc Maccabees mentioned Mishnah Moreover narrative nation Nehemiah obscure Onias original Palestine passage period Persian Pharisees Philo possession priests prince probably prophets Ptolemy reign Roman sacred books Sadducees Samaria Samaritans sanctuary seemed Seleucida Simon soon spirit supremacy Syrian temple tion translation Tribes true religion viii whole Wiss words Zerubbabel