Category:Salome Alexandra (subject)
Salome Alexandra (139-67) ruled as Queen over Judea from 76 to her death in 67 BCE.
Biography
Salome Alexandra was a member of the Hasmonean dynasty. After the death of her husband Alexander Jannaeus, she ruled as Queen of Judea from 76 to 67 BCE, while High Priest was her son John Hyrcanus II.
The separation between the functions of King and High Priest, and the conciliatory policy of Salome Alexandra eased the relationship between the Hasmoneans and the Pharisees which had reached their low under Alexander Jannaeus.
In 69? BCE, the Hasmonean State was suddenly on the verge of collapse as the army of the Armenian King Tigranes the Great approached. Salome Alexandra paid tribute without receiving any promise. The final invasion, which seems inevitable, was diverted at the very last moment only by the intervention of the Romans.
John Hyrcanus II was designated to succeeded Salome Alexandra as King of Judea but was overpowered by his brother Aristobulus II.
Salome Alexandra in ancient sources
Salome Alexandra in Scholarship
Salome Alexandra in Fiction
Salome Alexandra might be the devout and courageous widow ("Judith") facing the invasion of Tigranes the Great ("Nebuchadnezzar").
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Pages in category "Salome Alexandra (subject)"
The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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- Alexandra of Judea (2003 Donahue), play
- Silencing the Queen (2006 Ilan), book
- Alexandra Salomé: a rainha dos judeus (Salome Alexandra: Queen of the Jews (2011 Portoliveira), novel
- Queen Salome: Jerusalem’s Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E. (2012 Atkinson), book
- Queen of the Jews: Salome Alexandra (2012 Petsonk), novel
- Jerusalem's Queen: A Novel of Salome Alexandra (2018 Hunt), novel
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