History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6)

CHAPTER I.

JOHN HYRCANUS.

The Crowning Point of the Period--War with Antiochus Sidetes--Siege of Jerusalem--Treaty of Peace--The Parthian War--Hyrcanus joins Antiochus--Successful campaigns of Hyrcanus against the Samaritans and Idumæans--The Idumæans forced to embrace Judaism--Destruction of the Samaritan Temple at Gerizim and of the Capital, Samaria--Internal Affairs--The Pa...