Answer the following questions in approx 600 words.Put in essay format. Must be referenced

and must use the readings as a basis from what I send you.

Questions:
1. Why is Antiochus IV�s persecution of the Jews considered problematic?
2. To what extent can the criticism at the bottom of p.220 (�Not one of these
reconstructions escapes from being selective in what it stresses as salient facts, and they
all must rely on speculation to fill in � gaps in the documentation�) be leveled against
the writing of history in general?
3. What might be meant by the expression �under-determination of evidence� in relation
to the cause of the persecution?
4. To what degree are the descriptions of Antiochus�s deeds similar to sacrilege topos
of Babylonian literature?
5. Can one speak of 1 Maccabees as propaganda? If so, what did it hope to achieve?