Category:Hasmoneans (subject)

The Hasmoneans (or "sons of Hasmoneus") were a dynasty of High Priests and Kings (the House of Hasmoneus) who ruled Judea and the Temple of Jerusalem, in the period following the Maccabean revolt to the early Herodian period.

History

List of members of the Hasmonean family, and years in office as Kings and/or High Priests

• Mattathias

• Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias

• Jonathan Maccabeus, son of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabeus, 153-143 BCE

• Simon Maccabeus, son of Mattathias, and brother of Jonathan Maccabeus, 142-134 BCE

• John Hyrcanus, son of Simon Maccabeus, 134-104 BCE

• Aristobulus, son of John Hyrcanus, 104-103 BCE

• Alexander Jannaeus, son of John Hyrcanus, and brother of Aristobulus, 103-76 BCE

• Salome Alexandra , widow of Alexander Jannaeus, 76-67 BCE (as Queen)

• John Hyrcanus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus, 76-67 (as High Priest), 66 (as High Priest and King), and 63-40 (as High Priest)

• Aristobulus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra , brother of John Hyrcanus II, 66-63 BCE (as High Priest and King)

• John Hyrcanus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus, brother of Aristobulus II, 63-40 (restored by the Romans as High Priest)

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• Antigonus, younger son of Aristobulus II, nephew of John Hyrcanus II, 40-37 (supported by the Parthias as High Priest and King)

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• Aristobulos III, son of Alexander Maccabeus, and brother of Mariamne, 16 BCE (as High Priest under Herod the Great

The Hasmoneans in ancient sources

The Hasmoneans in Scholarship

The Hasmoneans in Fiction

Related categories

External links

• Wikipedia