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Midrash, Pesikta Rabbati, end of Sec. 26.

Ibid. Also see Prolegomenon to Madden, by Michael Avi-Yonah.

Uriel Rappaport, “Emergence of Hasmonean Coinage,” Association for Jewish Studies Review, (1976): 173.

Uriel Rappaport, “Emergence of Hasmonean Coinage,” Association for Jewish Studies Review, (1976): 173.

Charles Raddock, Portrait of a People (New York, The Judaica Press, Inc., 1965), p. 141.

Several sources suggest that the menorah was not melted down but remained a booty of war prized by Vespasian and successive Roman Emperors. The historian Josephus states that Vespasian deposited the menorah in the Peace Temple he erected after the Jewish War (Wars 7:148–50). Medieval sources mention the presence of the menorah in Constantinople, although no one is certain whether this was the original menorah or a later copy.

Ibid.

Frederic W. Madden, History of Jewish Coinage, reprint of the 1864 volume (New York, The Library of Biblical Studies, edited by Harry M. Orlinsky, Ktav Publishing House, 1964), pp. 183–197.

Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, Vol. II. (Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1945), p. 314.

Alfred H. Tamarin, Revolt in Judea: The Road to Masada, adapted from Josephus’ The Jewish War (New York, Galahad Books, 1968), p. 136.

Solomon Grayzel, A History of the Jews, (Philadelphia. The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1964), 172–74.