Queen Alexandra was not the widow of Judah Aristobulus I

This article assesses the state of the question on the identity of Alexandra, Queen of Judea, in the period before her regency. Currently, outside of a few select publications, the field identifies Alexandra with the widow of Judah Aristobulus I. The following argument demonstrates that Queen Alexan...

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Auteur principal: Scales, Joseph (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Turner, Katie
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: 2024
Dans: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Année: 2024, Volume: 34, Numéro: 2, Pages: 148-166
Sujets non-standardisés:B Queens
B Alexander Jannaeus
B Josephus
B Hasmoneans
B Alexandra Salome
B Levirate marriage
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Résumé:This article assesses the state of the question on the identity of Alexandra, Queen of Judea, in the period before her regency. Currently, outside of a few select publications, the field identifies Alexandra with the widow of Judah Aristobulus I. The following argument demonstrates that Queen Alexandra cannot have been married to Aristobulus, having had a child with her husband Alexander Jannaeus before the death of Aristobulus. This argument has been previously presented in scholarship but has not received much attention, likely due to the focus of previous arguments being on the plausibility of a Levirate marriage between Alexandra and Jannaeus. This article seeks to redress this imbalance and clearly state the case against an ongoing misidentification.
ISSN:1745-5286
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09518207241279020