from which Antiochus sought to control Jerusalem and monitor activity in the Temple, according to the news release. Both the Books of Maccabees and the writings of ancient historian Josephus ...
1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... in the part alotted to Seleucus and his heirs. Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC.