Most of the books of the minor prophets were written before the exile of the people of judah to babylon, but the final threehaggai, zechariah, and malachicome from the years after their return to the land. Antiochus iv, epiphanes is an article from journal of biblical literature, volume 29. Antiochus iv epiphanes created a problem when he put a pig in the temple 167 bc. As a ruler he was best known for his encouragement of greek culture and institutions. Worms swarmed out of the body of this man, and whilst he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell. A thoughtful analysis, however, demonstrates that it is actually a splendidly picturesque anthology of consolatory parables, in the form of prophesies and moral tales, providing practical spiritual guidance to the hasidim during their persecution by antiochus iv epiphanes, the seleucidgreek occupier of israel, circa 176170 bce. He was the son of antiochus viii and his wife tryphaena. Antiochus iv epiphanes is a ruler that came into control of one of the four empires which sprang into existance after the death of alexander the great. Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more new greek cities than all his predecessors. At one end of the spectrum, he was the first and last seleucid king who was able to defeat the ptolemies and conquer all egypt. Antiochus epiphanes comparison to antichrist double. Antiochus xis early life was a time of constant civil war between his father and his uncle antiochus ix. In 175 bce, amid this socialpolitical unrest, a new ruler, antiochus iv, ascended to the throne of grecosyria.
It is possible to apply the phrase but not by his own power to this course of events. Epiphanes means manifest, and the name indicates that he claimed to be the earthly manifestation of zeus. Antiochus epiphanes was a greek king of the seleucid empire who reigned over syria from 175 bc until 164 bc. Antiochus attempted to unify his empire by imposing hellenistic culture upon all its inhabitants. Jerusalem led by antiochus iv epiphanes captured jerusalem from antiochus epiphanes raided, deprived the temple, burned the law books, entered dafgoderie and had many jews mistreated and killed title on object, numbered upper left. This man had an image of himself that was totally at odds with what others thought of him. Antiochus iv epiphanes ruled the seleucid empire from 175 bc until his death suddenly dying of disease in 164 bc. Schwartz resolves historical difficulties in ancient reports of antiochus looting of the jewish temple posted by orion institute, hebrew university.
Antiochus iv rules amazing bible timeline with world history. Dov gera, wayne horowitz, antiochus iv in life and death. This is an authorized web site of jehovahs witnesses. Antiochus iv, ruler of the seleucid empire geni family tree. In addition, winning bids of eec clients for this coin are subject. A son of seleucus iv should have succeeded to the rule after his fathers assassination. Antiochus epiphanes was a greek tryant of the 2nd century b.
Antiochus iv, a king of the seleucid empire, took upon himself the title epiphanes, meaning the illustrious one or god manifest. Antiochus iv epiphanes is the brother of philopator and he begins a very severe persecution of the jews, which causes a revolt led by the maccabeans, and creates a turning back to god by the jews for a short while. However, the kings brother, antiochus iv, came to the throne instead, aided by the armies of pergamos. But the people called him epimanes which means the madman. Noting the three customarily listeddemetrius, heliodorus, and ptolemy ivhe adds. He nearly conquered egypt and was known for severe persecution of jews.
Antiochos iv epiphane lillustre ou le revele, en grec ancien ao. In a spirit of revenge he organized an expedition against jerusalem, which he destroyed, putting vast multitudes of its inhabitants to death in. This is an adept description of him, because from the jewish vantage point he was a monster stephen miller, daniel, 298. Antiochos iv epiphanes mittag major reference works. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. Antiochus iv epiphanesaccurately predicted by daniel. Antiochus iv epiphanes article about antiochus iv epiphanes. Antiochus iv,one must understand the context inwhichthey transp ired. Epiphanes german edition hoffmann, johannes friedrich on. He killed over a threeday period in jerusalem forty thousand people and sold as slaves forty thousand people.
Antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Adventists will do everything in their power to exclude antiochus iv as the fulfillment of daniel 8. God manifest also called antiochus epimanes the mad, born c. A note on the tradition of antiochus iv s death doron mendels hebrew university, jerusalem most of the sources dealing with the death of antiochus iv epiphanes in 164 b. God manifest seleucid king of the hellenistic syrian kingdom who reigned from 175 to 164 bc. Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Joel explores the consensus opinion of scholars which claim that daniel 11. The seleucid kings, antiochus iv epiphanes, 175164. Jagersma, however, asserts that it was in 177 bc when antiochus iv was set free in exchange for demetrius, and that he settled for a time in athens. Antiochus iv epiphanesaccurately predicted by daniel bible. Mar 30, 20 antiochus epiphanes a type of the coming antichrist daniel e. Antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. His attempts to suppress judaism brought on the wars of the maccabees. Lori arsenault the book of 2 machabees more commonly rendered 2 maccabees is an abridgement of another work, now lost, which describes the events surrounding the defeat of antiochus iv epiphanes and the rededication of the jewish temple in the 2nd century bce.
He was known as antiochus epiphanes and reigned from 175 bc until 164 bc in what is now syria. Jan 12, 20 antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Antiochus and the antichrist this is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper. He is famous for almost conquering egypt and for his brutal persecution of the jews, which precipitated the maccabean revolt. View more articles from journal of biblical literature. This is a direct continuation from antiochus and ptolemy wars antiochus epiphanes is important in the world history and the bible because he is a picture of one coming to the nation of israel. It is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovahs witnesses. Waltke, antiochus iv epiphanes, in the international standard bible encyclopedia, 1. On behalf of antiochus iv, andronicus kills the young king antiochus 170168.
As did many rulers, he appended the title epiphanes god manifest to his name. Since 1902, epifanes has been setting the highest standards of paint quality in beauty, conservation and performance. The rise of antiochus iv epiphanes and his assault against. My study leads me to conclude that antiochus iv is in view in this passage for four reasons. Antiochus iv epiphanes in jerusalem paper by daniel r. His original name was mithradates alternative form mithridates.
We develop and manufacture the finest marine coatings possible. Antiochus iv epiphanes q an article i read recently claims that many of the prophesies of isaiah 10 and 11 and isaiah 30. In an amazing display of prophetic revelation, daniel the prophet, several centuries earlier, had detailed some of the exploits of this political monster. The images on the coins above illustrate the official metamorphosis of antiochus iv into a deity.
Royal honors rightly belonged to a man named demetrius i soter, the son of seleucus iv. Antiochus iv builds a navy against the terms of the peace of apamea and conquers cyprus and large parts of egypt and presents himself as protector of ptolemy vi. Antiochus epiphanes comparison to antichrist double reference prophecy by larry cockerham when it comes to the larger picture, these two periods of persecution leading up to the first and second coming of christ are portrayed in both the exploits of antiochus iv as well as those of the coming antichrist. Antiochus iv epiphanes jona lenderings biographical sketch lists primary resources livius. Son of antiochus iii who became king after his brother, seleucus iv, had been murdered by heliodorus.
In point of fact, however, none of these rivals of epiphanes could be regarded as the king of syria, for heliodorus was a mere usurper, who was dethroned after a brief reign, and there is no record to show that either demetrius or ptolemy philometer pretended. He was a vicious enemy of the jewish people, outlawing judaism and descrating the sacred hebrew temple. The face of the first a silver tetradrachma bears the cleanshaven likeness of the king wearing the royal diadem. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes international standard. Son antiochus iii and laodice iii, antiochus iv perhaps originally named mithridates had been a hostage in rome and was in athens at the time of his brothers death in 175 at the hands of his minister heliodorus app. Dec 30, 2015 decoding the elite plan for the world economy mike maloney on federal reserve strategy duration. Ptolemy vi philometor who is too young to rule attacks the seleucid empire. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In this clear example of bible typology god is giving us an example of the coming antichrist and what he will do in the middle. Many are convinced this description will likely be close to realitythat the earth will finally roll to a meaningless stop, and the world of men will simply shuffle off into a quiet oblivion. Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and cilicia, in adalya viii.
Antiochus iv epiphanes ruled the seleucid syrian kingdom from 175 to 164 bce. Horned elephants head l monogram above elephants trunk. Introduction the bible gives a prophecy about the development of a world empire out of which a man called antiochus epiphanes would emerge. Librivox recording of 2 maccabees by douayrheims version drv.
No other finish is required to look as beautiful, and perform as well, in such an adverse environment as a yacht coating. Antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Alexander the great may have reig ned supreme for only a short time,but he 10bruce k. By larry cockerham antiochus iv epiphanes was the eighth in a succession of twentysix kings who ruled from 175164 bc over the syrian section of alexanders empire. He was a great public orator and with great flatteries he made the people. Antiochus epiphanes was a ruthless and often capricious ruler. Alexanders empire was divided into four parts, and the smallest of these fell under the control of antiochus the great. Eliot conclude his melancholy poem, the hollow men. Antiochus iv epiphanes and cilicia, in adalya viii, istanbul, 2005, pp. Decoding the elite plan for the world economy mike maloney on federal reserve strategy duration. His career and character are prophetically described by daniel 11.
Antiochus iv epiphanes translation in englishspanish dictionary. Jason jackson discusses some of daniels stunning predictions in this. The pergamene monarchs, eumenes and attalus, succeeded in placing upon the throne the brother of seleucus, although heliodorus had wished to ascend the throne himself. Antiochus iv epiphanes synonyms, antiochus iv epiphanes pronunciation, antiochus iv epiphanes translation, english dictionary definition of antiochus iv epiphanes. Click on the image below for a larger size image or download a full pdf version at the following link chronology.
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