Maqqaḇim 2 Chapter 12

1 When these covenants were made, Lusias went to the sovereign, and the Yahuḏim were within their land. 2 But of the governors of several places, Timotheos and Apollonios the son of Genneus, also Hieronumos and Dĕmophon, and besides them, Nikanor the governor of Cyprus, would not allow them to Read more

Maqqaḇim 2 Chapter 13

1 In the hundred and forty-ninth year Yahuḏah was informed Antioḵos Eupator was approaching Yahuḏah with a great force 2 with Lusias his guardian and governor with him, each having a Yawanite force of a hundred and ten thousand footmen and five thousand three hundred horsemen and twenty-two elephants and Read more

Maqqaḇim 2 Chapter 14

1 After three years Yahuḏah was informed that Dĕmĕtrios the son of Seleukus, having entered by the harbor of Tripolis with a fleet of great strength, 2 had taken the country and killed Antioḵos, and Lusias his guardian. 3 Now a certain Elyaqim, who had been kohĕn ha’gadol, and had Read more

Maqqaḇim 2 Chapter 15

1 But Nikanor, hearing that Yahuḏah and his army were in the strongholds around Shomeron, resolved to attack them without any defense on the Shabbath day. 2 Nevertheless the Yahuḏim that were compelled to go with him said, “Do not destroy so cruelly and ruthlessly, but give honor to that Read more

Book of Yoḥanan Chapter 1

1 These are the things written in his book concerning Yoḥanan of the Wilderness, which was brought to these shores by Aristolas and is no longer with us. The father of Yoḥanan was Zeḵaryah, son of Baraḵias; and he was a kohĕn at the Hĕyḵal, married to Elisheḇa from the Read more

Book of Yoḥanan Chapter 2

1 When Yoḥanan had grown to manhood, he reappeared in the wilderness of Bethimra, proclaiming, “Change your ways, for you have fallen into error and ignorance. Return to the teachings of the Torah, interpreting them without guile, and turn your eyes towards the new light of the coming day. For Read more