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Eleazar (iii) (fl. 2nd cent. bce)
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Judean martyr. During the religious persecution instigated by Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 bce , he chose death rather than submit to eating pork (II Maccabees 16.18β31; IV Maccabees 5β6). ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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