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Maccabees
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Mac·ca·bees 1  (mk-bz)
A family of Jewish patriots of the second and first centuries b.c., active in the liberation of Judea from Syrian rule.
Mac·ca·bees 2  (mk-bz)
pl.n. Abbr. M or Mc or Mac. or Macc.
See Table at Bible.
Macca·bean adj.
Maccabees [ˈmækəˌbiːz]
n
1. (Biographies / (168-142 bc)) X) a Jewish family of patriots who freed Judaea from Seleucid oppression (168-142 bc)
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) any of four books of Jewish history, including the last two of the Apocrypha
Maccabees [ˈmækəˌbiːz]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) any of four books of Jewish history, including the last two of the Apocrypha
[from the Maccabees, a Jewish family of patriots who freed Judaea from Seleucid oppression (168-142 bc)]
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It was a Canaanite-Phoenician town, traded with Egypt, rebelled against Assyria, confronted the Jewish Hasmoneans, was conquered by the Crusaders, served as a battle-ground for the legendary Saladin and the no less legendary Richard the Lion-Hearted, was the capital of the semi-independent Arab state of the Galilee under Daher al-Omar and withstood the siege of Napoleon.
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Other examples are "Zehu hag ha-hashmonaim lanu kayom" [Thus is the Festival of the Hasmoneans to us today], Herut 23 Kislev, 5719, 3, and "Keyzad hafkhu ha-hasmonai-im et eretz yehuda l'eretz yisrael" [How the Hasmoneans turned the Land of Judah in to the Land of Israel], Ha-Mashkif 68 (April 24, 1939); "Yannai hamelech--hakovesh ha-gadol me-bet hasmonai" in Ma-asaf Sofrei eretz yisrael l'sifrut ul'divrei mahshava [Journal of Authors of the Land of Israel for Literature and Thought], ed.
Joseph Klausner, Israel, and Jesus by Sandmel, David Fox / Currents in Theology and Mission
Hasmoneans and ultimately to Herod, of Idumean descent, ascending the throne of Israel through his Roman protectors' favor, with very unpleasant and unJewish consequences.
Covenant and Community by ELAZAR, DANIEL J. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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