Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins - dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee's grand-nephew - near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho ...

History has regarded Judah Maccabee as one of the most brilliant military strategists of all time; for that reason, there is a statue of him at West Point. Or perhaps there was a larger miracle ...

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Columnist Edmon J. Rodman figures even with two Judah Maccabee movies in production, there’s room for a third — and he’s just the guy to make it. LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Who would have ...

I t was Hanukkah; time again for Jewish boys and girls to hear the story of Judah Maccabee, warrior son of the aged priest Mattathias, who dared to lead his tiny band of fighting men against the ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

was rededicated by Judah Maccabee, who led the insurgency begun by his father, the high priest Mattathias. According to the story of Hanukkah, Maccabee and his soldiers wanted to light the temple ...

After reclaiming the temple, Judah Maccabee led his followers to cleanse the Holy Temple and rebuild it. When Maccabee and the other Jewish people took part in the rededication of the temple ...

A tiny army, led by a man called Judah Maccabee (the Hebrew word for hammer), fought back against the huge Syrian-Greek army, reclaiming both Jerusalem and the Holy Temple. According to Jewish ...