Talk:Maccabean Revolt

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[edit] Bias

I put a 'neutral point of view' tag on this article a few days ago, but it was removed without comment by someone calling themselves 'Remember'.

This article really does have a pro-Jewish, anti-Seleucid bias. Consider this sentence:

Heathen altars were set up and unclean animals sacrificed on them.

'Unclean'? They weren't unclean to the Seleucids! What was blasphemy to the Jews was piousness to the Seleucids. The whole tone of the sentence is one of subtle spite towards the Seleucids, which tacitly assumes that the Jewish point of view (on the 'cleanliness' of animals, and so forth - 'Gentile' might be a better term than 'heathen', as well) is more valid that the Hellenic.

This is unacceptable, and it is important that the tag is not removed until the matter is addressed.

Fair enough, I actually thought you were just trying to make a joke and vandalize. But it appears you are sincere so I won't remove the tag. Feel free to try to revise it to be more NPOV. Remember (talk) 23:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I have changed the offending passage to read, "Altars to Greek gods were set up and animals prohibited to Jews were sacrificed on them." Marshall46 (talk) 00:06, 30 January 2008 (UTC)