Maccabean Revolt
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The Maccabean Revolt or the Hasmonean revolt was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and against Hellenistic influence on Jewish life. The main phase of the revolt last
Jerusalem and Judea during the revolt
A 14th-century Christian work depicting Antiochus IV praying to a horned idol at the Temple. The Book of Daniel describes an "abomination of desolation" being given authority over the Temple, as well as the daily offering and sacrifice ceasing.
Eleazar Avaran trampled by a war elephant (illustration by Gustave Doré in 1866)
Jewish National Fund stamp (1938) invoking the Maccabees
Maccabees
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The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees, were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who re-took control of Judea, which at the time was occupied by the Seleucid Empire. Its leaders, the Hasmoneans, founded t
Wojciech Stattler's "Machabeusze" ("The Maccabees"), 1844
What are believed to be the Maccabees' relics – kept in the Maccabees Shrine – are venerated in St. Andrew's Church, Cologne, Germany.
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