Evidence from Josephus, from Qumran, and from rabbinic literature points to internal dissension within the Hasmonean kingdom, eventually culminating in a long civil war that led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Judeans and paved the way for the Roman takeover of Judea. What engendered these conflicts? 

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