1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

Of this same thing in the Maccabees [it says], `Was not Abraham found faithful when tested, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness' (1 Maccabees 2:52)." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatises" c.

Then you and your family shall be numbered among the king’s friends, and you and your sons shall be honoured with silver, with gold, and with all manner of gifts” (1 Maccabees 2:17).

In 167 BC, he desecrated the Temple when he erected an altar in it to the pagan god Zeus (1 Maccabees 1:41-48), and let the Menorah go out. These insults triggered a Jewish revolt (1 Maccabees 1:62-64 ...

The natural miracle is the military victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks—despite ... in fulfillment of Biblical prophecy (Ezekiel, 37:1-14). Out of the ashes of the Holocaust, the Jewish ...

According to Jewish tradition, Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that burned for eight days after the Maccabees defeated the Greeks. The menorah is a symbol of the temple lampstand.

On Hanukkah, we celebrate the heroism of the Maccabees, the few who overcome the many. For example, according to the First Book of Maccabees, at the battle of Emmaus, 3,000 Jews defeated 5,000 ...

Playing its first season this fall, Tucson Maccabees is the only Southern Arizona team in the United Premier Soccer League’s Southwest Conference, Arizona Division 1. The team uses Naranja Park in Oro ...

The Maccabees defeated the Syrian Greeks and in the Temple a miracle ... as we discover when a new Pharaoh arises who 'knows not Joseph' (Exodus 1:8). This year, in a rare incidence, Chanukah started ...

I’ve often described the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces as “modern-day Maccabees,” invoking the larger-than-life image of the Chanukah superheroes as a way to compliment today’s ...

The Maccabees sparked whispers of a reunion in October and they have now confirmed they are back together and performing again. The five-piece band, fronted by Orlando Weeks, are already booked to ...