PROFESSOR LAWRENCE H. SCHIFFMAN:
PUTTING TOGETHER THE STORY OF CHANUKAH. THE ANCIENT SOURCES THAT TELL THE STORY OF THE CHASHMONA’IM. Professor Schiffman has posted a reprint of his recent article in Ami Magazine. It introduces
1-2 Maccabees and the much later
Megillat Antiochus and
Sefer Yosippon.
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