The Crowning Point of the Period--War with Antiochus Sidetes --Siege of Jerusalem--Treaty of Peace--The Parthian War-- Hyrcanus joins Antiochus--Successful campaigns of Hyrcanus against the Samaritans and Idumæans--The Idumæans forced to embrace Judaism--Destruction of the Samaritan Temple at Gerizim and of the Capital, Samaria--Internal Affairs-- The Parties: Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes--Their Rise and Constitution--Their Doctrines and their Relations to one another--The Synhedrion--Strained Relations between Hyrcanus and the Pharisees--Death of Hyrcanus _page_ 1 Character of Aristobulus--Antigonus--Mythical Account of his Death--Alexander Jannæus: his Character and Enterprises --His …
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