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| The dates of the Maccabean Wars were difficult for
historians to work out.
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| (Elias Bickerman became one of the leading
experts in Maccabean studies and his book on the ancient chronology has become the
accepted standard work).
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| I Maccabees 4:52 says the Temple was
rededicated on "the 25th of the 9th month, (that is the month of Kislev), in the year
148."
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| The year 148 was in the era of the kings descended from
Seluecus. This era started in 312 BCE so year 148 began in 164 BCE.
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| The Hebrew month of Kislev normally begins in November or
December, but in 164 BCE it began in September, (according to Jonathan
Goldstein, who edited the Anchor Bible edition, {Henry Doubleday, 1976}, of the
1st Book of Maccabees).
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