Antiokhos yang Agung: Perbedaan antara revisi

Antiokhos III menempatkan 2000 keluarga Yahudi dari [[Babel]] ke daerah berkebudayaan Yunani di [[Lydia]] dan [[Phrygia]].<ref name=" Freedman, David Noel 2000 61 ">{{cite book |author= |title= Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible |publisher= Amsterdam University Press |year= 2000 |page= 61|isbn= 9053565035, 9789053565032 |quote= Jewish settlements in the interior of Asia Minor were known as early as the 3rd century BCE when Antiochus III resettled 2000 Jewish families from Babylonia into Lydia and Phrygia }}</ref> Sejarawan [[Flavius Yosefus]] menggambarkannya berlaku baik terhadap orang Yahudi dan menghargai kesetiaan mereka kepadanya dengan menurunkan pajak serta membiarkan mereka hidup "menurut hukum nenek moyang mereka".<ref>Flavius Josephus. Antiquities, bab 3, bagian 3-4.</ref> Berlawanan sekali dengan putranya, [[Antiokhos IV]], yang menindas orang Yahudi, menghina Bait Allah dan menyebabkan pemberontakan Makabe yang menjadi asal mula peringatan [[Hanukkah]].

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