1.1.1. Mattathias
and sons. 1 Maccabees 2:1-70
1.1.2. Exploits
of Judas Maccabeus. 2 Maccabees 8
1.1.3. The
Cleansing of the Temple. 1 Maccabees 3-4
1.1.4. Antiochus
IV Offers Truce. 2 Maccabees 11:27-33
1.1.5. Wars
with Neighboring Gentiles. 1 Maccabees 5
1.1.6. Judas
Besieges the Citadel. 1 Maccabees 6
1.1.7. Antiochus
V Offers Truce. 2 Maccabees 11
1.1.8. Alcimus
as High Priest. 1 Maccabees 7
1.1.9. Judas
Makes an Alliance with the Romans. 1 Maccabees 8
1.1.10. Jonathan
Succeeds Judas. 1 Maccabees 9
1.1.11. Jonathan
Maccabeus Becomes High Priest. 1 Maccabees 10
1.1.12. Simon
Maccabeus Becomes High Priest. 1 Maccabees 13-14.
1.1.13. Origin
of Hanukkah. 2 Maccabees 1:1-2:18
2.1.1. Coins
of the Hasmonean period:
2.1.3. John
Hyrcanus. Josephus, Antiquities 13:230-300
2.1.4. Aristobulus. Josephus, Antiquities
13.301-4.
2.1.5. Alexander
Jannaeus. Josephus, Antiquities 13:320-83
2.1.6. Queen Salome Alexandra. Josephus, Antiquities13.398-432
2.1.7. Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus.
Josephus, Antiquities13.422, 14:4-79
2.1.8. Pompey
Enters Jerusalem. Josephus, Antiquities 14.29-77
2.1.9. Hyrcanus II appointed Ethnarch.
Josephus, Antiquities 14.185–201
2.1.10. End
of the Hasmoneans. Josephus, Antiqutities 14.487–91
2.2. Evaluations
of the Hasmonean Dynasty