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Judith (1474 words) |
 | Antiochus IV is the remarkable exception, not only as we know him from the books of Maccabees and Daniel, but also as he is depicted in pagan sources. |
| He pillaged and desecrated temples, and he identified himself with Zeus; his coins from the 160s BCE bear inscriptions like 'Theos Epiphanes' added to his name. |
| This happened during the reign of Alexander Jannai, which means that the author writes not later than about 100 BCE (1967: 179). |
| VNLND By Author: G (2874 words) |
| One of the book's more valuable features is the chronological list of journeys to Arctic America found in the appendix. |
| The list begins in 320 BCE and ends in 1981-82. |
| The bibliography contains a number of secondary sources; brief end notes accompany the chapters. |
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