Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Alexander Zabinas

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Alexander VIII., Pope
Next Entry
Alexander, Bernhard
Resource Toolbox

King of Syria, 124-122 B.C. He was the young son of a merchant, but he allowed himself to be proclaimed by the Egyptian king Ptolemy Physcon as an adopted son of King Antiochus VII., Sidetes, of Syria, and became the ruler of the country. In the active political intrigues of the time, Alexander found it to his advantage to secure the interest of the Jewish king Hyrcanus; and, in compensation, he rendered various services to the state of Judea.

Bibliography:
  • Schürer, Gesch. 2d ed., 1:133,209;
  • Kuhn, Beiträge zur Gesch. der Seleukiden, pp. 9 et seq.;
  • Babelon, Rois de Syrie, p. 163;
  • Graetz, History of the Jews, 2:6,7.
H. Bl.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Alexander Zabinas'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/alexander-zabinas.html. 1901.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile