Statement

Between 202 and 200 BCE, the Seleucid kingdom of Antiochus III seized Judea from the Ptolemaic kingdom; Antiochus seems to have confirmed the Jews' right to live by their ancestral customs, a policy maintained by his successor Seleucus IV.

References

1. p. 72

   supports · main text · ch. 3

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 519

   supports · timeline

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: Timeline of Jewish History

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