Seleucid Dynasty
The Seleucid dynasty, whose dating system began after the death of Alexander the Great when Seleucus assumed the royal title. The books of the Maccabees compute and record their histories from the Seleucid era.
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Sacred Chronology
— Years from beginning of world to the Greek era or the Seleucids: 3694
"Years from the beginning of the world to the Greek era or the Seleucids: 3694"
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Sacred Chronology
— The Maccabees compute their histories from the Seleucids
"From the Babylonian captivity up to the years of the Greeks or Seleucids, from whom the books of the Maccabees compute and record their histories"