Azotus / Ashdod - Revision history

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2012-02-19T19:29:18Z

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	~~'''Azotus / Ashdod''' was a city close to the Mediterranean coast.~~

	~~==History==~~

	~~Azotus was, like [[Gaza]] and [[Ascalon]], a very ancient and important settlement of the Philistines. It is often recorded in ancient Jewish sources and was known to [[Herodotus]].~~

	Nothing is known of the fate of the city in the early Second Temple Period. Judas attacked it and [[Jonathan Maccabeus]] destroyed it. At the time of [[Alexander Jannaeus]] its territory was annexed to the Hasmonean kingdom.

	~~The city regained its autonomy under Pompey, together with the other coastal cities. [[Gabinius]] rebuilt it.~~

	~~Azotus was then annexed to the kingdom of [[Herod the Great]] in 30 BCE, and after his death passed to his sister [[Salome I]].~~

	~~During the [[Jewish War]], [[Vespasian]] established a garrison there.~~

	~~==Azotus in ancient sources==~~

	~~====Josephus, Jewish War====~~

	~~====Josephus, Jewish Antiquities====~~

	~~==Azotus in Scholarship==~~

	~~==Azotus in Fiction==~~

	~~==Related categories==~~

	~~==References==~~

	*'''Azotus''' / [[The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book]] / 2 (1979) 108-109

	*'''Azotus''' / [[Paul L. Redditt]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:541-542

	~~==External links==~~
	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod Wikipedia]



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Gabriele Boccaccini: moved Azotus to Azotus / Ashdod

2011-09-26T03:45:58Z

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Gabriele Boccaccini at 03:39, 26 September 2011

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	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[:Category:Azotus (subject)]]		*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Azotus (subject)]]
			*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Azotus (sources)]]


			'''Azotus / Ashdod''' was a city close to the Mediterranean coast.

			==History==

			Azotus was, like [[Gaza]] and [[Ascalon]], a very ancient and important settlement of the Philistines. It is often recorded in ancient Jewish sources and was known to [[Herodotus]].

			Nothing is known of the fate of the city in the early Second Temple Period. Judas attacked it and [[Jonathan Maccabeus]] destroyed it. At the time of [[Alexander Jannaeus]] its territory was annexed to the Hasmonean kingdom.

			The city regained its autonomy under Pompey, together with the other coastal cities. [[Gabinius]] rebuilt it.

			Azotus was then annexed to the kingdom of [[Herod the Great]] in 30 BCE, and after his death passed to his sister [[Salome I]].

			During the [[Jewish War]], [[Vespasian]] established a garrison there.

			==Azotus in ancient sources==

			====Josephus, Jewish War====

			====Josephus, Jewish Antiquities====

			==Azotus in Scholarship==

			==Azotus in Fiction==

			==Related categories==

			==References==

			*'''Azotus''' / [[The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book]] / 2 (1979) 108-109

			*'''Azotus''' / [[Paul L. Redditt]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:541-542

			==External links==
			*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod Wikipedia]



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Gabriele Boccaccini: Redirected page to Category:Azotus (subject)

2010-09-30T21:32:27Z

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