A Race Apart

donis and of the Hasmoneans at the endrnof the Second Commonwealth all werernmarried to gentile wives.rnGeneralizations about prohibitionsrnagainst intermarriage derived from thernrestrictions imposed on the Kohanimrn(the Jewish priestly class) can be dangerous.rnAs explained in Leviticus and by thernpriestly historian Josephus, the priesthoodrnrepresented a "pure race" by virtuernof . . .