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Maccabees
Maccabees Mac"ca*bees, n. pl.
1. The name given later times to the Asmon[ae]ans, a family
of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the
reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a
period of freedom for Israel. --Schaff-Herzog.
2. The name of two ancient historical books, which give
accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the
Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical
books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in
the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books,
two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.
Meaning of Maccabees from wikipedia
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Maccabees (/ˈmækəbiːz/), also
spelled Machabees (Hebrew: מַכַּבִּים, Makkabbīm or מַקַבִּים, Maqabbīm; Latin:
Machabaei or Maccabaei;
Ancient Gr****:...
- 2
Maccabees, also
known as the
Second Book of
Maccabees,
Second Maccabees, and
abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a
deuterocanonical book
which recounts the ****cution...
- The
Books of the
Maccabees or the
Sefer HaMakabim (the Book of the
Maccabees)
recount the
history of the
Maccabees, the
leaders of the
Jewish rebellion...
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Maccabean Revolt (Hebrew: מרד החשמונאים) was a
Jewish rebellion led by the
Maccabees against the
Seleucid Empire and
against ****enistic
influence on Jewish...
- 1
Maccabees, also
known as the
First Book of
Maccabees,
First Maccabees, and
abbreviated as 1 Macc., is a
deuterocanonical book
which details the history...
- Look up
Maccabees or
Maccabee in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
Maccabees were
Jewish rebel warriors who
fought against Ancient Greco-Roman ****enization...
- 4
Maccabees, also
called the
Fourth Book of
Maccabees and
possibly originally known as On the
Sovereignty of Reason, is a book
written in
Koine Gr****...
- 3
Maccabees, also
called the
Third Book of
Maccabees, is a book
written in
Koine Gr****,
likely in the 1st
century BC in
either the late
Ptolemaic period...
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Orthodox Church are:
Tobit Judith Baruch Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus) 1
Maccabees 2
Maccabees Wisdom Additions to Esther:
Fulfillment of Mordecai's
Dream (Esther...
- The
Maccabees were an
English indie rock band,
formed in 2004 in London. They
released four albums:
Colour It In in 2007,
followed by Wall of Arms in...
