Scroll of Antiochus

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The Scroll of Antiochus is a medieval Jewish text that recounts the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Greeks and was traditionally read by some communities on Hanukkah.

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Scroll of Antiochus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hanukkah text ⓘ
Jewish liturgical text ⓘ
medieval Hebrew text ⓘ
approximateCenturyOfComposition early medieval period ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Hanukkah ⓘ
circulatedIn medieval Jewish communities of Europe ⓘ
medieval Jewish communities of the Middle East ⓘ
commemorates rededication of the Second Temple ⓘ
victory of the Hasmoneans ⓘ
describes decrees against Jewish religious practice ⓘ
miraculous elements associated with Hanukkah ⓘ
rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
struggle of the Hasmoneans against the Seleucid Greeks ⓘ
featuresCharacter Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ
featuresGroup Hasmoneans ⓘ
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Maccabees ⓘ
focusesOn Jewish resistance to Hellenization ⓘ
miraculous deliverance of the Jews ⓘ
religious persecution under Antiochus IV ⓘ
genre historical narrative ⓘ
midrashic narrative ⓘ
hasModernEditions yes ⓘ
hasTitle Megillat Antiochus ⓘ
Megillat Bene Ḥashmonai ⓘ
linked to: Megillat Antiochus

Megillat Ḥashmonaim ⓘ
linked to: Megillat Antiochus
influencedBy Books of the Maccabees ⓘ
rabbinic traditions about Hanukkah ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalStatus optional reading ⓘ
mainSubject Hanukkah ⓘ
Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
preservedIn various medieval manuscripts ⓘ
readBy some Italian Jewish communities ⓘ
some Sephardi communities ⓘ
some Yemenite Jewish communities ⓘ
readOn Hanukkah ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
settingOfNarrative Jerusalem ⓘ
Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh
statusInHalakha not part of the Hebrew Bible canon ⓘ
not part of the Mishnah or Talmud ⓘ
studiedIn Jewish studies scholarship ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition Middle Ages ⓘ
usedIn Hanukkah liturgy in some Jewish communities ⓘ

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Megillat Antiochus → hasAlternativeName → Scroll of Antiochus ⓘ