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In the early part of the 2nd century bce, Hellenizing Jews took control of the high priesthood itself. As high priest from 175 to 172, Jason established Jerusalem as a Greek city, with Greek educational institutions.
2nd century 115–117 Kitos War (Revolt against Trajan) – a second Jewish-Roman War initiated in large Jewish communities of Cyprus, Cyrene (modern Libya), Aegipta (modern Egypt) and Mesopotamia (modern Syria and Iraq).
First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE) — also called the First Jewish Revolt or the Great Jewish Revolt, spanning from the 66 CE insurrection, through the 67 CE fall of the Galilee, the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple and institution of the Fiscus Judaicus in 70 CE, and finally the fall of Masada in 73 CE.
Letter of Aristeas, pseudepigraphal work of pseudo-history produced in Alexandria, probably in the mid-2nd century bc, to promote the cause of Judaism.
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Substantial use also has been made of the data in the king list known as Ptolemy’s Canon (compiled in the 2nd Christian century) commencing in 747 bc with the reigns of the Babylonian kings ( see above Babylonian and Assyrian ). Scholars differ widely, however, in their interpretation of details, and numerous chronological problems remain unsolved.
Simeon ben Shetach. Ben Sira. Categories: Jews by century. 2nd-century BCE Judaism. Ancient Jews. 2nd-century BC people. 2nd-century BC people by religion. Hidden category:
The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 BC–AD 135), 3 vols. (Edinburgh 1973 – 1987). Schürer , E. E. Schürer, History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ . Scheiber , A. Jewish Inscriptions in Hungary from the 3rd Century to 1686 ( Leiden 1983 ).
