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Maccabean
Maccabean Mac`ca*be"an, a. Of or pertaining to Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times.

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- Jews, Book 1.1 §2 The author of the First Book of Maccabees regards the Maccabean revolt as a rising of pious Jews against the Seleucid king (who had tried...
- British Zionist organization formed in 1896 is named the Order of Ancient Maccabeans, and the Jewish sporting organization Maccabi World Union names itself...
- the Antiochian ****cution of Jews (c. 167/166 BCE) that preceded the Maccabean Revolt. Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, the mother is known variously...
- Order of Ancient Maccabeans (also Maccabaeans) is an Anglo-Jewish society. The order is a friendly society established in 1894, and registered on 8 May...
- (158–153 BCE). An important external event brought the design of the Maccabeans to fruition. Demetrius I Soter's relations with Attalus II Philadelphus...
- Acra citadel, making Maccabean rule in the rest of Jerusalem precarious. When finally gaining possession of the place, the Maccabeans pointedly destro****...
- ****yrian captivity Babylonian captivity Second Temple Period Yehud Medinata Maccabean Revolt Hasmonean dynasty Sanhedrin Schisms (Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes)...
- that came to a head during the reign of Antiochus IV, giving rise to the Maccabean Revolt of 167 BCE. The civil unrest weakened Seleucid rule and in the...
- period; ****enistic Judaism blended both Gr**** and Jewish traditions. The Maccabean Revolt of 167–142 BCE was fight a first for Judean autonomy against a...
- John Gaddis may refer to: John Gaddi, one of the leaders of the Maccabeans in the First Book of Maccabees John Lewis Gaddis, American historian John W...