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Focusing upon Queen Shelamzion Alexandra, the only legitimate independent Jewish queen, this paper compares and contrasts her reign with that of Hellenistic queens from before and after her era. It shows how her inheritance of the throne and wielding of political authority is unique although it does follow a Hellenistic tradition of powerful regent queens.
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This page is a summary of: Female Monarchal Succession in Hellenistic and Jewish Society in Antiquity: Parallels and Contrasts, Journal for the Study of Judaism, February 2018, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12491198.
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