RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
Which action taken by a Seleucid king outraged the Jews?
|
|
He destroyed Solomon’s temple
|
|
|
He divided the kingdom of Israel
|
|
|
He dedicated the Second temple to Zeus
|
|
|
He began the Diaspora
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Which action taken by a Seleucid king outraged the Jews? He destroyed Solomon’s temple.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jewish festival of Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Temple following Judas Maccabeus’s victory over the Seleucids.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antiochus IV Epiphanes, (Greek: “God Manifest”) also called Antiochus Epimanes (the Mad), (born c. 215 bce-died 164, Tabae, Iran), Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom who reigned from 175 to 164 bce.
There is 1 question to complete.