maccabees

     

The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim or Maqabim; Greek Μακκαβαῖοι, /makav'εï/) were a Jewish national liberation movement that fought for an won independence from Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel for about one hundred years, from 164 BCE to 63 BCE.

Trivia about maccabees

  • Hanukkah is also called "The Feast of" this family of patriots who were led by Judah
  • There are up to 4 books of this military group associated with Hanukkah
  • These 1st & 2nd century B.C. Jewish patriots were active in liberating Judea from Syrian rule
  • 4 books in the Apocrypha are named for this priestly Hebrew family remembered in December

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