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Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabaeus / m æ k ə ˈ b iː ə s /, also spelled Maccabeus; Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi) was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE).
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Mattathias was the father of Judas Maccabeus (Judah...
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Name. H J Wolf notes that all of Mattathias' sons listed in...
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Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts...
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The Maccabees ( / ˈmækəbiːz / ), also spelled Machabees (...
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Mar 22, 2024 · Judas Maccabeus (died 161/160 bce) was a Jewish guerrilla leader who defended his country from invasion by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, preventing the imposition of Hellenism upon Judaea, and preserving the Jewish religion.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Judas Maccabeus was a priest who led the revolt against the Seleucid Empire in Israel in the second century BC. When the Old Testament closes, the people of Israel have returned from the Babylonian Exile, and the work of rebuilding has begun. Under Nehemiah, the wall of Jerusalem is rebuilt.
May 18, 2018 · Judas Maccabeus (died 160 B.C.) was the leader of a Jewish revolt against the repressive policies of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the king of Syria. Third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean priest of Modin, Judas received the added name Maccabeus, generally believed to mean "Hammerer," because of the hammer blows dealt by Judas and his small and ...
By Kelly Bell. By 167 bc, when a full-scale revolt erupted in Judea, it had been more than 400 years since an organized Jewish army had taken up arms against an enemy. In 586 bc, the valiant defenders of Jerusalem had fought a hopeless battle against a massive Babylonian invasion force.
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