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Asmonean
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As`mo`ne´an
a.1.Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.
n.1.One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
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Although people of the Jewish faith had major presence in Jerusalem during the centuries of Biblical Jerusalem, which included rule by King Hezekiah and control by the Hasmonean dynasties, their control and presence were interrupted for two millennia.
Why Jerusalem? - Israel's Hidden Agenda by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
The Land of Israel as a Political Concept in Hasmonean Literature.
Exile, homeland, and milieu in the oral lore of Carpatho-Rrussian Jews by Rosen, Ilana / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
The best examples were the pre-1948 days when Zionist terror groups attacked both Palestinian and British targets; or in the 2nd century BC when the Jewish priest Mattathias and his five sons successfully led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid-Hellenist rulers of the region, using guerrilla tactics that would be called terrorism today (the victory which founded the Hasmonean dynasty is celebrated annually by Jews around the world in the Hanukkah festival).
Israel ignores its own history in Gaza by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
 
 
 
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