Judas Maccabeus
Judas Maccabeus Judas Maccabeus (or Judah the Maccabee from the Hebrew יהודה המכבי transliteration: Yehudah ... warriors in Jewish history. The rise of Judas Maccabeus Before the patriarch Mattathias died in ... holy war he had started — with Judas at their head as military chief. ...
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Judas Stiff   (translated from French)
Judas Stiff Judas or Judah Maccabée (death in 161 . J ... against the hellenistic Syrian domination of Séleucides. Judas was one of the large Generals of ...
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Hanukkah
... IV. The rebellion was begun by Mattathias Maccabee and continued by Judah Maccabee and his other sons. They defeated overwhelming ... against Antiochus. Judah became known as Judah Maccabee ("Judah the Hammer"). By 166 BCE Mattathias ... festival of Hanukkah was instituted by Judah Maccabee and his brothers to celebrate this event ... the Seleucid Syrian-Greeks: Battle of Adasa (Judas Maccabeus leads the Jews to victory ...
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Maccabees
Maccabees This article is about the Maccabee rebels. For the Deuterocanonical books concerning the ... see Books of the Maccabees. For the Maccabee brand beer, see Tempo Beer Industries Ltd ... death about one year later, his son Judas Maccabaeus led an army of Jewish dissidents ... year Jews celebrate Hanukkah in commemoration of Judas Maccabeus' victory over the Seleucids. The story ... directly related to the Maccabees. The name "Maccabee" is sometimes seen used as synonym ...
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1 Maccabees
... God through Mattathias' family, particularly his sons Judas, Jonathan and Simon, and his grandson John ... The festival of Hanukkah is instituted by Judas Maccabee and his brothers to celebrate this event. (1 Macc. iv. 59). Judas seeks an alliance with the Roman Republic ... by his son, John Hyrcanus. The name Maccabee probably means "hammer" and is properly ...
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Battle of Beth-zechariah
... against the Seleucid Empire. In 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus crushed the numerically superior Syrians under ... the recently deceased emperor's regent, Philip, Judas laid siege to the fortress in 162 ... Beth-zur, eighteen miles from the city. Judas lifted his own siege on Acra, and ... troops--the heavy infantry--in phalanx formation. Judas did not defer to his usual guerrilla ... for the Jews. The war elephants unnerved Judas' troops. As the Jews began to ...
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-165   (translated from French)
... of his/her father Mattathias. His/her Judas brother, called Maccabée, becomes the military chief ... Gorgias, is sent with 20 000 men. Judas gathers its troops with Mizpa. Benefitting from ... and governor of Jerusalem , is surprised by Judas Stiff close of Bethsura and put in escape. Judas Stiff enter to Jerusalem , purifies the temple ...
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Talk:Jesus/Archive 22
... Okay, thanks. Does he also suggest that Judas Macabee was greeted as a messiah? Slrubenstein ... I am skeptical as to whether Judah Maccabee was greeted as "messiah" in the sense ... claimed to be. For the others (minus Judas, of course), Eusebius claimed they dispersed outside ... disciples and missionaries. After the death of Judas one apostle was called to replace him ...
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Talk:Cultural and historical background of Jesus/Archive 12
... 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) Two, Menahem ben Judas and Simon ben Giorasse (who was killed ... UTC) Yes: I think the FT2's Maccabee section is better than the current one ... revolt by Mattathias and his son Judah Maccabee. Although the rebellion was successful within two ...
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Pharisees
... sons, John, Eleazar, Simon, Jonathan, and Judah Maccabee, priests of the Hasmon family living in ... in connection with Jonathan, the successor of Judas Maccabeus ("Ant." xiii. 5, § 9). One ... various radical Jewish elements rose in revolt: Judas in the Galilee, whose followers tore down ...
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