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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.

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- and reduced the influence of ****enism and ****enistic Judaism. The name Maccabee is often used as a synonym for the entire Hasmonean dynasty, but the Maccabees...
- Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabaeus /mækəˈbiːəs/, also spelled Maccabeus; Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi) was a Jewish priest (kohen)...
- Maccabee Athletic Club (Hebrew: מכבי לוס אנג'לס, MAH-KAH-Bee) was an American athletic club based in Los Angeles, California. The primary activity of the...
- feared, with a group of Jewish fighters led by Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and his family rebelling in 167 BCE and s****ing independence. The rebels...
- Look up Maccabi or Maccabee in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Maccabi or Maccabee (Hebrew: מכבי) is one of the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebel warriors...
- Bruce Maccabee (born May 6, 1942) is an American optical physicist formerly emplo**** by the U.S. Navy, and a ufologist. Maccabee received a B.S. in physics...
- News-Register by Bruce Maccabee, an optical physicist for the U.S. Navy and a ufologist. After completing his own study of the photos, Maccabee ensured that the...
- Nexus is an American comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and penciler Steve Rude in 1981. The series is a combination of the superhero and science...
- three brands of pale lager: Goldstar, which was acquired in a 1985 merger Maccabee, also marketed in the United States and Europe Nesher Malt, brewed in both...
- Jonathan and his brothers Eleazar Avaran, Johanan (John Gaddi), Judah Maccabee, and Simon Th****i. They were sworn to continue the rebellion of their father...