Though the early Hasmoneans were regarded, by some, as liberators, or in Hanukkah tradition versions, instruments used by God for a beneficial outcome (liturgy rereading Zech, 4:6), the later Hasmoneans by themselves split and caused a very deadly civil war--not the sort of history most humans would regard, a century or more later, as a thing to remembered admiringly.
Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:20 am