140BCE is the 2nd century BCE, btw. After the death of Alexander the Great, the formerly vast kingdom was split up. The area encompassing modern day Israel/Palestine was under control of Antioch IV when the Jews began to rebel under Mattathias Maccabeus and his sons.
I was named after Judah Maccabeus, btw. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus Cheers, Judah On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> There was independent Jewish kingdom in the region from 140BCE to 37 >> BCE under the descendants of the leader of the Maccabees.  It was >> conquered by Pompey in 37BC. It went from being a client kingdom to a >> province administered by the governor of Syria in 37 AD. > > Prior to the conquest by Romans led by Pompey, it was an indenpendent > kingdom and had been since a revolt in the 2nd century BCE. From > Wikipedia: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ancient_Israel_and_Judah > > ---- > By the 2nd century BCE, Judah, now the province of Yehud (formerly > Yehud Medinata under Persian rule), revolted against Hellenistic Greek > overlords and re-created a Judean kingdom, based on the biblical > model; this kingdom eventually became part of the Roman Empire as the > Iudaea Province before being dissolved due to major rebellions in the > 1st century CE and 2nd century CE, after which the name Judah/Judea > ceased to be used for any political entity. > ---- > > and > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean > > ---- > The Hasmoneans (/hæzmÉË¡niÉn/ Hebrew: ×ש××× ×××â, Hashmonayim, > Audio) > were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel (140â37 > BC),[1] an independent Jewish state. > ---- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
