Divrei Yosippon — Sefer Yosippon — Chapter 45: Death of Aristobulus

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45:1

Aristobulus, the young high priest from the Hasmonean house, wins admiration from the people.

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45:2

Herod fears that popularity and arranges circumstances leading to his drowning during recreation.

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45:3

Miryamne and her mother understand the death as deliberate.

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45:4

The killing deepens the fracture between Herod and the Hasmonean family into which he married.

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