175 BC (About 2200 years ago)
Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes ruled Syria from about 175 BC to about 164 BC. He reigned over Judah and tried to destroy the Jewish religion and copies the Torah, which is another name for the first five books of the Bible. He also defiled the Temple in Jerusalem.
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