Thus began the revolt of the Maccabees against Greek oppression – a war that would continue for decades, the first war that organised Jewish forces had fought in almost half a millennium ...

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Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, commemorates the Maccabean Revolt, where Jewish warriors defeated the Seleucid Empire in 165 BC. The Israeli hostage families condemned Netanyahu in a statement ...

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 ...

"We usually pick a Sunday during Hanukkah to have this event." First, it celebrates the successful Maccabean revolt in the Second Century B.C. and the reentry of Jews into the Second Temple in ...

5/7: Hanukkah, an eight-day festival in 2024, commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem following the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Hanukkah will be observed ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

In the climax of Chanukah, the Maccabean revolt by a devout family, not only liberated Jerusalem, but relit the menorah with the last remaining pure oil that, despite being only sufficient for one ...

The Maccabean Revolt, led by Judah Maccabee against the Seleucid Empire, broke out in 167 BCE and is celebrated during Hanukkah every year by the Jewish people, commemorating the purification of ...

It’s often called the Maccabean Revolt, which took the temple back for the Jewish people, and the word Chanukah means “dedication.” Every year, the Jewish community of South Dakota holds an event to ...