Did Heliodoros Try to Rob the Treasures of the Jerusalem Temple? Date and Probability of the Story of II Maccabees, 3

A recently published stele that was discovered in Marissa contains a decree (prostagma) of the king Seleucus IV concerning reorganization of the administration of the temples in Koilê Syria (Syria) kai (and) Phoinikê (Phoenicia). It brought up some new data and considerations to the issue of the Story of Heliodorus, who according to the book of Second Maccabees, ch. 3 tried to rob the treasures of the Jerusalem Temple. Relying on new data supplied by the decree it is suggested below that Heliodoros did not participate in this event but was introduced into the story in place of another, less known, Seleucid official and that the story was written and embellished among supporters of the Oniad family in Egypt.