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Manasse
(506 words)

(Hebrew Menašše; Greek Μανασσῆ(ς)/Manassê(s)).

[German version]

[1] Israelite tribe

Israelite tribe in Middle Palestine, east of the Jordan ( Judah and Israel).

Liwak, Rüdiger (Berlin)

[German version]

[2] King of Judah

King of Judah. During his unusually long reign (c. 696-642 BC), Judah was restricted to Jerusalem and its environs after the Assyrian conquests of 701 BC ( Judah and Israel), but progressively regenerated politically and economically [2. 169-181]. M. (…

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Liwak, Rüdiger (Berlin), Renger, Johannes (Berlin) and Kutsch, Ernst (Vienna), “Manasse”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 08 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e720170>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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