175 BCE: Antiochus IV Comes to Power

1. Jason became high priest by corruption because he promised the king

talents of silver and gold if he were to win. Also, he promised to

give even more gold and silver if permission was given to establish by

his authority a gymnasium and a body of youth for it , and to enrol the

men of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.

2. I think that these lawless men were people who were against most if

not all Jewish customs and wanted to see them be abolished for good.

3. The extreme example of Hellenism was that "the priests were no

longer intent upon their service at the altar." This was because Jason

accepted too many foreign cultures and ideas that the religious leaders

were no longer interested in doing their religious duties.

4. Not all Jews supported Jason because during the quadrennial games,

he decided to make an offering to Hercules but Jews only make

offerings to G-d.