Seleucid persecution

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historical event political repression religious persecution

Seleucid persecution refers to the harsh religious and political repression of Jewish practices under the Seleucid Empire, particularly during the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the 2nd century BCE.

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Label	Occurrences
Seleucid persecution canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political repression ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ
appliesTo	Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ
carriedOutBy	Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Hellenization policies ⓘ Seleucid imperial consolidation ⓘ resistance of traditionalist Jews ⓘ
describedIn	1 Maccabees NERFINISHED ⓘ 2 Maccabees NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ writings of Josephus ⓘ
hasEffect	Hasmonean independence ⓘ Maccabean Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ intensification of Jewish identity ⓘ martyrdom of observant Jews ⓘ rededication of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
historicalContext	internal Jewish conflict between Hellenizers and traditionalists ⓘ struggle between Ptolemaic and Seleucid control of Coele-Syria ⓘ
location	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	enforcement of Hellenistic culture ⓘ political control of Judea ⓘ restriction of Jewish religious practices ⓘ
opposedBy	Hasmonean family NERFINISHED ⓘ Judas Maccabeus NERFINISHED ⓘ traditionalist Jewish groups ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy	ban on Sabbath observance ⓘ ban on Torah study ⓘ ban on circumcision ⓘ compulsory participation in pagan sacrifices ⓘ forced abandonment of ancestral customs ⓘ installation of pagan altar in the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ introduction of Greek religious practices in the Temple ⓘ suppression of Jewish law ⓘ
politicalAspect	direct Seleucid control over Judea ⓘ replacement of local leadership with loyalists ⓘ
relatedTo	Hanukkah NERFINISHED ⓘ Maccabean Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAspect	imposition of Greek polytheism ⓘ profanation of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ
significantYear	167 BCE ⓘ
startTime	2nd century BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	c. 175–164 BCE ⓘ reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ

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martyrdom of Eleazar → setDuring → Seleucid persecution ⓘ