The Catholic OT Canon includes - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, I and II Maccabees - plus sections ... be a disguised historical account of Antiochus Epiphanes [S&W, p.

SHINHAN CARD A BIG CROWD TONIGHT AT PENN SQUARE. LANCASTER CITY TO LIGHT THE SECOND OF EIGHT CANDLES FOR HANUKKAH. THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF THE MACCABEES OVER THE SYRIANS AND THE ...

Antiochus was a cultural imperialist, which is bad enough. The IDF’s enemies are genocidal, which is even worse. In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid Empire was regional.

We are here today, in fact, the entire western world from the Americas to Europe, to Africa and the Mideast and even far east Asia, thanks to the vision and heroism of the Maccabee warriors of old ...

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... in the part alotted to Seleucus and his heirs. Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC.

King Antiochus, vowed to convert all to their religion and ban Judaism. Their temples were closed until a rebel group led by Judas Maccabeus - the Maccabees - decided to revolt. RELATED ...

c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59) ...

History of Hanukkah The background to Hanukkah lies in the second century BC when a Greek army led by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (who ruled 175 to 164 BC) marched into Jerusalem (2 Maccabees 5:11–14) ...

The Maccabees, a Jewish resistance movement led by a priestly family, opposed both Antiochus and Jews who assimilated to the conquering Greek culture. Hanukkah celebrates the rebels’ victory ...

The battle continues as we fight to increase light and obliterate the darkness.

This September he formed the Tucson Maccabees soccer club, choosing a name that generations of Jewish athletes have played under in soccer and a variety of sports. Playing its first season this fall, ...

Stay up to date with current issues, Holy Spirit news, Christian teachings, Charisma videos & more! Cahn points out that the ancient ruler, Antiochus, had a vehement hatred toward the Jewish people.