Alexander Jannaios And Alexandra

Full of their success, thoroughly satisfied, King Alexander Jannaios and his wife Queen Alexandra move through the streets of Jerusalem with musicians in the lead and every kind of pomp and circumstance. The work begun by the great Judas Maccabaios and his four celebrated brothers has now been concluded brilliantly, work relentlessly carried on among so many obstacles and dangers. Nothing unseemly remains now. All subservience to the haughty monarchs of Antioch is over. Clearly King Alexander Jannaios and his wife Queen Alexandra are equal to the Selefkids in every way. Good Jews, pure Jews, devoted Jews above all. But, as circumstances require, also skilled in speaking Greek, even on familiar terms with Greeks and Hellenized monarchs— as equals, though, let that be understood. The work begun by the great Judas Maccabaios and his four celebrated brothers has indeed been concluded brilliantly, concluded in the most striking way.