The Betrayal
The Longest Lie — Part 4 of 11 eFireTemple.com In 332 BCE, Alexander of Macedon marched south through the Levant. Tyre resisted and was destroyed. Gaza resisted and was destroyed. Jerusalem did not resist. According to Josephus — the first-century Jewish historian whose account, whether embellished or not, reveals the Jewish community's own understanding of the event — the high priest Jaddua went out to meet Alexander in his priestly vestments.
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The Longest Lie — Part 4 of 11 eFireTemple.com In 332 BCE, Alexander of Macedon marched south through the Levant. Tyre resisted and was destroyed. Gaza resisted and was destroyed. Jerusalem did not resist. According to Josephus — the first-century Jewish historian whose account, whether embellished or not, reveals the Jewish community's own understanding of the event — the high priest Jaddua went out to meet Alexander in his priestly vestments. Alexander, Josephus claims, was shown the Book of Daniel, with its prophecy of a Greek king who would overthrow Persia. Alexander was pleased. Jerusalem was spared. Whether the details are precisely historical or partly legendary, the outcome is not disputed: the Jewish community navigated the transition from Persian to Greek rule intact. The Temple stood. The community survived. The arrangement with the new power was made.
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