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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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AS THE insurgency in Iraq continues and questions about its outcome surface, one might look for possible historical parallels--and one of the most successful insurgencies against a colonial power in the Middle East was the Jewish revolt, under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus, against Greek Seleucid overlords in the second century B. in one of the Apocryphal books, which relates the history of Judas Maccabeus prefaced by a verse from 2 Maccabees 2:32: "At this point, therefore, let us begin our narrative, without adding any more to what has already been said, for it would be foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history itself. a loyal Jew named Judas Maccabeus and his followers were fighting for the right to practice their religion against the prevailing winds of the Greco-Roman world. |
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