Statement

As long as they could live by their own customs, Jews show no sign of having resisted Seleucid rule. Once Antiochus intervened, they had to choose between their law and Greek ways: some escaped to the desert, some chose death, and many took up arms.

References

1. p. 76

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

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