1. Hasmonean - Noun
2. Hasmonean - Adjective
Hasmonean (not comparable)
(historical) Of or relating to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean.
Herod tried to bolster the legitimacy of his reign by marrying a Hasmonean princess, Mariamne, and planning to drown the last male Hasmonean heir at his Jericho palace.
Hasmonean (plural Hasmoneans)
(historical) A member of the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged.
Before that there was a succession of foreign rulers all the way back to the last Jewish commonwealth in Judea, the Hasmonean Dynasty which lasted for about 80 years around 100 BCE. Source: Internet
Becking in Albertz 2003b, p. 19. Hellenistic period The Hasmonean kingdom at its largest extent main On the death of Alexander the Great (322 BCE), Alexander's generals divided the empire among themselves. Source: Internet
It had mostly friendly relations with the Hasmonean kingdom and Herodian kingdom of Judea, in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Source: Internet
During the century of Hasmonean rule, we see a “halakic turn” in the emergence of literature such as the Temple Scroll and Jubilees, that engages the legal aspects of the Torah in great detail. Source: Internet
At Umm el-Umdan, an Arab village close to the southern entrance of Modi'in, excavations have unearthed the remains of a Hasmonean village including a row of houses, a marketplace, a ritual bath and a synagogue. Source: Internet
Drori and Magen more recently concluded that "the founding of Qumran should be viewed as an integral part of the Hasmonean plan to settle and fortify the Jordan Valley" (Wise, Abegg, and Cook 1996:22-23). Source: Internet