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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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The author tallies some 118 conflicts in and for Jerusalem in the last 4,000 years, but this book focuses primarily on ten of those, ranging from David and Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament period, the Maccabean wars, the Jewish revolts of the first and second centuries, the arrival of Islam, the crusaders, the Ottomans, and three chapters devoted to battles of the twentieth century.
Jerusalem Besieged. From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel by Klein, Ralph W. / Currents in Theology and Mission
 
 
 
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