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2024-12-26 03:02:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0136F8FF678723F9E739730F3E10A7641759E357A146A6113D241D5DFFE0FD8C
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The Seleucid Empire, who the Jewish Maccabees resisted, was Hellenistic. Though they controlled what is now Syria, they were not "Syrian" in any way that resembles modern politics or nationality. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sleu/hd_sleu.htm https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118455074.wbeoe347
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