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...udea, which at that time was controlled by the Seleucid king of Syria. The Jewish people paid taxes to Syria and accepted its legal authority, and by and lar ...BC Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By 165 BCE the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was liberat

The Samaritans refused to accept any of the Jewish religious writings which followed their split with the Israelites. Their r ...tween the Jews and the Samaritans, because of these alliances. In 128 AD, Jewish Maccabean leader, John Hyrcanas, destroyed the Samaritan Temple on Mount Ge