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3 days ago · Aristobulus of Britannia was an Apostle, Martyr, and First Bishop of Britain. While some Orthodox traditions say he “died in peace”, others say he was martyred in Wales. Aristobulus is a Jewish Cypriot saint, numbered among the Seventy Disciples.
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5 days ago · The Major Prophets are described as “major” because those books are longer, generally speaking, and their content has broad, even global implications. The Minor Prophets are described as “minor” because those books are shorter, for the most part, and their content is more narrowly focused.
3 days ago · The army of Darius was drawn up in the following manner, for, according to the statement of Aristobulus, the written scheme of arrangement drawn up by Darius was afterwards captured.
3 days ago · Hasmonean civil war: There is a split between the sons of Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. Hyrcanus II initially succeeds to the throne as High Priest, but Aristobulus II gains the support of the Hasmonean army and contests his brother for leadership.
1 day ago · Antigonus, the son of Aristobulus and therefore a legitimate Hasmonean, won the favor of the Parthians and was established by them as king and high priest of Jerusalem. Phasael was reported to have died by suicide, while his brother Herod escaped to Rome.
2 days ago · Judaism under Roman rule. When Pompey entered the Temple in 63 bce as an arbiter both in the civil war between John Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus I and in the struggle of the Pharisees against both Jewish rulers, Judaea in effect became a puppet state of the Romans.
4 days ago · The Letter of Aristeas, though ascribed to the Egyptian king Ptolemy II Philadelphus (308–246 bce), was probably composed by an Alexandrian Jew about 100 bce to defend Judaism and its practices against detractors. Egyptian Jews also composed poems and plays, now extant only in fragments, to glorify their history.
