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661
Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 4.4


nanOnias recognized that the rivalry was serious and that Apollonius, the son of Menestheus and governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was intensifying the malice of Simon.'


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1. Septuagint, 1 Maccabees, 7.5, 13.37, 14.49 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

7.5. Then there came to him all the lawless and ungodly men of Israel; they were led by Alcimus, who wanted to be high priest. 13.37. We have received the gold crown and the palm branch which you sent, and we are ready to make a general peace with you and to write to our officials to grant you release from tribute. 14.49. and to deposit copies of them in the treasury, so that Simon and his sons might have them.
2. Septuagint, 2 Maccabees, 1.1-2.18, 1.7, 1.13, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31, 2.32, 3, 3.1, 3.1-4.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, 3.26, 3.27, 3.28, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35, 3.36, 3.37, 3.38, 3.39, 3.40, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.33, 4.34, 4.35, 4.36, 4.37, 4.38, 4.49, 5, 5.4, 5.7, 5.16, 5.18, 5.22, 5.23, 5.25, 5.27, 6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.7, 6.10, 6.11, 6.18-7.42, 6.21, 7.2, 7.28, 7.42, 8, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.8, 8.14, 8.17, 8.29, 9.15, 10.9, 10.10, 10.15, 11.6, 11.21, 11.33, 11.38, 12.8, 13.1, 13.9, 13.10, 13.13, 13.23, 13.26, 14, 14.1, 14.1-15.36, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 14.26, 14.27, 14.31, 14.33, 14.34, 14.37, 14.38, 15, 15.1, 15.2, 15.5, 15.6, 15.12, 15.25, 15.26, 15.37 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

3. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 50.1 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

50.1. The leader of his brethren and the pride of his people was Simon the high priest, son of Onias,who in his life repaired the house,and in his time fortified the temple. 50.1. like an olive tree putting forth its fruit,and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
4. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 12.237, 12.387-12.388, 13.62-13.73, 20.235 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

12.237. 1. About this time, upon the death of Onias the high priest, they gave the high priesthood to Jesus his brother; for that son which Onias left [or Onias IV.] was yet but an infant; and, in its proper place, we will inform the reader of all the circumstances that befell this child. 12.387. Now as to Onias, the son of the high priest, who, as we before informed you, was left a child when his father died, when he saw that the king had slain his uncle Menelaus, and given the high priesthood to Alcimus, who was not of the high priest stock, but was induced by Lysias to translate that dignity from his family to another house, he fled to Ptolemy, king of Egypt; 12.388. and when he found he was in great esteem with him, and with his wife Cleopatra, he desired and obtained a place in the Nomus of Heliopolis, wherein he built a temple like to that at Jerusalem; of which therefore we shall hereafter give an account, in a place more proper for it. 13.62. 1. But then the son of Onias the high priest, who was of the same name with his father, and who fled to king Ptolemy, who was called Philometor, lived now at Alexandria, as we have said already. When this Onias saw that Judea was oppressed by the Macedonians and their kings 13.63. out of a desire to purchase to himself a memorial and eternal fame he resolved to send to king Ptolemy and queen Cleopatra, to ask leave of them that he might build a temple in Egypt like to that at Jerusalem, and might ordain Levites and priests out of their own stock. 13.64. The chief reason why he was desirous so to do, was, that he relied upon the prophet Isaiah, who lived above six hundred years before, and foretold that there certainly was to be a temple built to Almighty God in Egypt by a man that was a Jew. Onias was elevated with this prediction, and wrote the following epistle to Ptolemy and Cleopatra: 13.65. “Having done many and great things for you in the affairs of the war, by the assistance of God, and that in Celesyria and Phoenicia, I came at length with the Jews to Leontopolis, and to other places of your nation 13.66. where I found that the greatest part of your people had temples in an improper manner, and that on this account they bare ill-will one against another, which happens to the Egyptians by reason of the multitude of their temples, and the difference of opinions about divine worship. Now I found a very fit place in a castle that hath its name from the country Diana; this place is full of materials of several sorts, and replenished with sacred animals; 13.67. I desire therefore that you will grant me leave to purge this holy place, which belongs to no master, and is fallen down, and to build there a temple to Almighty God, after the pattern of that in Jerusalem, and of the same dimensions, that may be for the benefit of thyself, and thy wife and children, that those Jews which dwell in Egypt may have a place whither they may come and meet together in mutual harmony one with another, and he subservient to thy advantages; 13.68. for the prophet Isaiah foretold that, ‘there should be an altar in Egypt to the Lord God;’” and many other such things did he prophesy relating to that place. 13.69. 2. And this was what Onias wrote to king Ptolemy. Now any one may observe his piety, and that of his sister and wife Cleopatra, by that epistle which they wrote in answer to it; for they laid the blame and the transgression of the law upon the head of Onias. And this was their reply: 13.71. But since thou sayest that Isaiah the prophet foretold this long ago, we give thee leave to do it, if it may be done according to your law, and so that we may not appear to have at all offended God herein.” 13.72. 3. So Onias took the place, and built a temple, and an altar to God, like indeed to that in Jerusalem, but smaller and poorer. I do not think it proper for me now to describe its dimensions or its vessels, which have been already described in my seventh book of the Wars of the Jews. 13.73. However, Onias found other Jews like to himself, together with priests and Levites, that there performed divine service. But we have said enough about this temple. 20.235. and then the forementioned Antiochus, and Lysias the general of his army, deprived Onias, who was also called Menelaus, of the high priesthood, and slew him at Berea; and driving away the son [of Onias the third], put Jacimus into the place of the high priest, one that was indeed of the stock of Aaron, but not of the family of Onias.
5. Josephus Flavius, Jewish War, 1.33, 7.423 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.33. But Onias, the high priest, fled to Ptolemy, and received a place from him in the Nomus of Heliopolis, where he built a city resembling Jerusalem, and a temple that was like its temple, concerning which we shall speak more in its proper place hereafter. 1.33. He also made an immediate and continual attack upon the fortress. Yet was he forced, by a most terrible storm, to pitch his camp in the neighboring villages before he could take it. But when, after a few days’ time, the second legion, that came from Antony, joined themselves to him, the enemy were affrighted at his power, and left their fortifications in the nighttime. 7.423. Onias, the son of Simon, one of the Jewish high priests, fled from Antiochus the king of Syria, when he made war with the Jews, and came to Alexandria; and as Ptolemy received him very kindly, on account of his hatred to Antiochus, he assured him, that if he would comply with his proposal, he would bring all the Jews to his assistance;
6. New Testament, Acts, 28.19 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

28.19. But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
7. New Testament, John, 8.20 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

8.20. Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
1 maccabees,contrasting presentation of events Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
ancestral language Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
antiochus,n. Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 1072
antiochus iv epiphanes Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4, 228
apollonius son of menestheus Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4, 191, 265
apollonius son of thraseas Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
court Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109, 370
customs Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
damascus document (cd) Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
demetrius i Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 187
diaspora Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
dionysus,dionysiac cult Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
epitomizing Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 176
externality Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
glosses Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
greek Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 115
halakhic letter (4qmmt) Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
hasmonean-oniad relations Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
heliodorus Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
heliodorus affair Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109, 115
hellenistic kings/rulers,antiochus iv epiphanes Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,antiochus v eupator Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,demetrius i soter Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hellenistic kings/rulers,seleucus iv philopater Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
high priest/high priesthood Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109, 115, 370
high priesthood,succession of Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
history Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
hymn scroll (1qh) Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
identity (jewish) Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
inscriptions Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 191
jason (high priest) Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
jason of cyrene Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
jerusalem temple Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
jewish law Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 115
josephus Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 187
judas maccabeus Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
kingship/kingdom Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
letters,distinctiveness,see also hanukkah narrative Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
maccabees,revolt,course of events Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 1072
maccabees (books) Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 1072
magnesia,battle of Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 333
menelaus Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
mercenaries Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
military Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
motifs (thematic),officials Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 333
mount gerizim (argarizin) Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
mysians Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
name/named/unnamed Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
nicanor Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
onias,temple of Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 187
onias Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 1072
onias community,death / murder Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109, 115
onias iii Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214; Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4, 18, 187, 469
onias iv Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 187
onias temple,history of Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109
oral tradition Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 115
pagan Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 115
pathetic historiography Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
paul Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
pharaoh Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
pious/piety Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 115
politai Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
polybius Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 228
priest / priestly Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
ptolemy iv philopator Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 191
qumran,community Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
rome,seleucus iv philopator Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 4
sabbath,exploitation of Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
sabbath Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
sect/sectarian' Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
seleucid Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 109, 370
seleucid empire Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
seleucus iv philopator Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 228
simon Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 469
sources of 2 maccabees Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
style,linguistic and literary,staccato Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
syrian,see aramaic syrian wars,fourth Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 191
taxes Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 265
teacher of righteousness Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
temple Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
temple (second),cult of Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
temple (second),treasury Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 191
temple (second) Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 18
temple scroll (11qt) Piotrkowski (2019), Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period, 370
time,chronological Beyerle and Goff (2022), Notions of Time in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature, 214
treaty of apamaea Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 333
universalism Schwartz (2008), 2 Maccabees, 187