OT Re: Hannukkah, was: Essays, OT:Ebony

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 7281

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " <naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> > Thanks Rita. A lot of what you wrote I didn't know. There's just
> one point that bothers me a 
> > bit, regarding the dating of Hannukkah. You say that it was
> "adopted as a holiday in order 
> > to compete with Persian/Zoroastrian celebration..", but at that
> time (Maccabbee rebellion) 
> > Judea was under Seleucid (that is, hellenic) rule. Was Persian
> culture still such a major 
> > influence on Jews in Judea?
> > 
> > Naama
> Yes.The apocalyptic visions in the book of Daniel and the visit of
> the Magi in the New Testament are examples of it.
> Pippin

Anyone read Howard Fast's book about the Maccabes?