As historian Emil Schürer put it, once a political dynasty was established by the Hasmonaeans, “their central concern was no longer with the fulfilment of the Torah [Jewish Law] but with the preservation and extension of their political power. ”
Historian Emil Shuereri shkroi se pasi hasmonenjtë themeluan një dinasti politike, « interesi i tyre kryesor nuk ishte më përmbushja e Torës [Ligjit hebre], por ruajtja dhe zgjerimi i pushtetit të tyre politik ».