Timothy (Seleucid commander)
Timothy (Greek: Τιμόθεος Timótheos) is the name given in 1 Maccabees for an Ammonite general of the mid 2nd century BCE.[1][2] He was defeated by Judas Maccabeus at Dathema in Gilead.[3]
Some scholars maintain that Ammon had ceased to exist as a distinct nation by this time, and that the designation of Ammonite as applied to Timothy is geographic rather than ethnic; the account of Justin Martyr (who maintained that Ammonites were numerous in his period) call this hypothesis into question.
References
- ^ John D. Grainger (2012-03-19). The Wars of the Maccabees. Pen & Sword Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-78159-946-4.
- ^ Johannes Christian Bernhardt (2017-12-18). Die Jüdische Revolution: Untersuchungen zu Ursachen, Verlauf und Folgen der hasmonäischen Erhebung. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 585. ISBN 978-3-11-038001-9.
- ^ Humphrey Prideaux (1845). The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations, from the Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the Time of Christ. Harper & Brothers. p. 143.
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