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Judas Maccabeus: see Maccabees Maccabees or Machabees (both: măk`əbēz), Jewish family of the 2d and 1st cent. B.C. ..... Click the link for more information. , Jewish family. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The setting is Hanukkah (the text's "festival of the Dedication"), which recalled the deliverance of Jerusalem from the brutal Syrian Hellenizer Antiochus IV Epiphanes by forces led by Judas Maccabee in 165 B. |
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