- Hasmoneans,
founded the
Hasmonean dynasty,
which ruled from 167 BCE (after the
Maccabean Revolt) to 37 BCE,
being a
fully independent kingdom from 104 to 63 BCE...
-
British Zionist organization formed in 1896 is
named the
Order of
Ancient Maccabeans, and the
Jewish sporting organization Maccabi World Union names itself...
-
Order of
Ancient Maccabeans (also Maccabaeans) is an Anglo-Jewish society. The
order is a
friendly society established in 1891, and
registered on 8 May...
- ****cution of Jews by
Antiochus IV (c. 167/166 BCE) that led to the
Maccabean Revolt.
Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, the
mother is
known variously...
- out of Israel". An
important external event brought the
design of the
Maccabeans to fruition.
Demetrius I Soter's
relations with
Attalus II Philadelphus...
- 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...
-
recounts the ****cution of Jews
under King
Antiochus IV
Epiphanes and the
Maccabean Revolt against him. It
concludes with the
defeat of the
Seleucid Empire...
- 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...
- The
Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית;
sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics") is an
international multi-sport event...
-
refers to two mythologies: the Gr**** myth of the
noble dead, to
which the
Maccabean notion of
martyrdom and
dying for ones
people is related; and the Jewish...
