Posts Tagged: King Antiochus
Bronze Coin Dating to Maccabean Revolt in Hanukkah Story Unearthed in Jerusalem
JNS.org - A bronze coin that was in circulation at the time of King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who decreed that the Jews must be annihilated and during...
Chanukah: The Untold Story
During the eight days of Hanukkah, traditional Jews add the following to their daily prayers: "In the days of Mattathias the son of Johanan the...