King Antiochus IV Epiphanes imposed harsh measures to enforce Hellenization, banning Jewish practices such as circumcision, Sabbath observance, and Temple worship. Nevertheless, the Maccabees ...

Antiochus IV’s interactions with the Judaeans were, to put it mildly, troubled. Does Antiochus IV deserve the mantle of villainy that ancient sources such as the Bible place on him? He is ...

and bronze coins of the Ptolemies and Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid Empire. These findings date back to the Ptolemies' and Seleucids' ruling periods over the land of Israel.