The Maccabees and the Story of Hanukkah

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Judas the Maccabee

Saint Judas the Maccabee & the Eighth Festival: Hanukkah

Dr. John Stevenson

The Wars of the Maccabees

 by John D. Grainger 

Caption: The Old Testament conquering Jewish hero, Judas the Maccabee.  He died in 160 B.C. He, his father, Mattatyahu Hasmoneaus, and his four brothers—John Gaddis, Simon Matthes, Eleazar Auran and Jonathan Apphus—are regarded as righteous saints of God in Christianity.  The Hasmonean family successfully overcame Seleucid Greek tyranny; cleansed the Second Temple, restored worship and animal sacrifices there and founded the Hasmonean or Maccabee Dynasty in 140 B.C.  Source: b.r.pinterest.com