The Maccabees

Categories: Holidays
    • Their story began in 167 BCESpike and Jamie's Chanukah: The Maccabees
    • Maccabee means hammer or malletYeshuat Yisrael: Hanukkah
    • Story told in the two Books of the MaccabeesAish: The Revolt of the Maccabees
    • The Battle of the Maccabees took place over a twenty-five year periodSpike and Jamie's Chanukah: The Maccabees
    • Hanukkah sometimes referred to as "The Feast of the Maccabees"Yeshuat Yisrael: Hanukkah

  • The Maccabees were a Jewish family who revolted against the Greek soldiers who had taken over their temple. They raised an army and fought against both the Greeks and their own people who had turned their backs on God's teachings. The story of the Maccabees is affiliated with Hanukkah.

  • The Maccabee Revolution

    The Jewish people feared the Greek soldiers who had taken over their temple and rededicated it to their pagan god, Zeus. The soldiers overpowered the Jews, and forced them into worshiping Zeus.Yeshuat Yisrael: Hanukkah

    An old man named Matthias began the battle when he killed a Jewish man who was about to offer the sacrifice of a pig to Zeus. He turned to the people and asked all those who followed God's law to follow him. The sons of Matthias continued the rebellion, and Judas in particular is often affiliated with the great rebellion and triumph of the few against the many.Aish: The Revolt of the Maccabees

    Because of the number of Jews who were swayed by the power of the Greek gods, the revolt of the Maccabees was also a civil war.Aish: The Revolt of the Maccabees

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