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  1. Maccabees: The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son, Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  2. Maccabees: The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son, Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  3. Maccabees: The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son, Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  4. Maccabees: The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son, Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  5. Maccabees: Maccabees, the name (in the plural) of a distinguished Jewish family dominant in Jerusalem in the 2nd century B.,;pt;) was originally the distinctive surname of Judas, third son of the Jewish priest Mattathias, who struck the first blow for ... [100%] 2022-09-02
  6. Maccabees: The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish rebels who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son, Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and ... [100%] 2023-02-04
  7. The Maccabees: modifier The Maccabees est un groupe de rock indépendant britannique, originaire du South London, à Londres, en Angleterre. Formé en 2004, il est composé d'Orlando Weeks au chant, d'Hugo Harry William White à la guitare, de Felix White à la guitare et au ... [70%] 2024-01-11
  8. 3 Maccabees: The book of 3 Maccabees is found in most Orthodox Bibles as a part of the deuterocanonical books, but Protestants, Catholics, and Jews regard it as apocryphal. It tells the story of the persecution of the Jews of Alexandria and ... [70%] 2023-02-03
  9. 4 Maccabees: 4 Maccabees, also called the Fourth Book of Maccabees and possibly originally known as On the Sovereignty of Reason, is a book written in Koine Greek, likely in the 1st or early 2nd century. It is a homily or philosophic ... (Religion) [70%] 2023-08-26 [Jewish texts]
  10. 2 Maccabees: 2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible which focuses on the Jewish revolt against Antiochus IV and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 B.C.E. It differs from 1 Maccabees in that ... [70%] 2023-02-03
  11. 1 Maccabees: 1 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book written by a Jewish author and included in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons of the Bible. Protestants and Jews regard it as generally reliable historically, but not a part of holy scripture. The ... [70%] 2023-02-03
  12. Maccabaeus; Maccabees: MACCABAEUS; MACCABEES mak-a-be'-us (Makkabaios), mak'-a-bez (hoi Makkabaioi): I. PALESTINE UNDER KINGS OF SYRIA 1. Rivalry of Syria and Egypt 2. Palestine Seized by Antiochus the Great 3. Accession of Antiochus Epiphanes II. PALESTINE UNDER THE ... [70%] 1915-01-01
  13. 4 Maccabees: The book of 4 Maccabees is a homily or philosophic discourse praising the supremacy of pious reason over passion. Among churches other than the Orthodox Church, it has always been regarded as apocryphal. It was also excluded from the Jewish ... [70%] 2023-02-03
  14. 2 Maccabees: The Second Book of Maccabees is found in the books of the Septuagint, the Old Testament accepted as inspired and canonical by the Orthodox Church in the Greek Orthodox Bible, and found in the books of the Old Testament of ... [70%] 2023-02-16 [Bible] [Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament]...
  15. 1 Maccabees: The First Book of Maccabees is found in the books of the Septuagint, the Old Testament accepted as inspired and canonical by the Orthodox Church in the Greek Orthodox Bible, and found in the books of the Old Testament of ... [70%] 2023-02-19 [Bible] [Apocrypha]...
  16. 3 Maccabees: 3 Maccabees, also called the Third Book of Maccabees, is a book written in Koine Greek, likely in the 1st century BC in either the late Ptolemaic period of Egypt or in early Roman Egypt. Despite the title, the book ... (Religion) [70%] 2023-10-18 [Jewish texts]
  17. Books Of Maccabees: Books Of Maccabees, the name given to several Apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The Vulgate contains two books of Maccabees which were declared canonical by the council of Trent (1546) and found a place among the Apocrypha of the ... [57%] 2022-09-02
  18. Knights of the Maccabees: Knights of the Maccabees was a fraternal organization formed in 1878 in London, Ontario, Canada. Most active in the U.S. (Fraternity) [50%] 2023-11-28 [Knights of the Maccabees] [Fraternal orders]...
  19. Books of the Maccabees: The Books of Maccabees are ancient books, some of which are accepted by some Christians as Biblical. They are named because they all relate somehow to the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule; 1 & 2 Maccabees in particular give an account ... [50%] 2024-01-11 [Apocrypha]
  20. Maccabees, Books Of: There are four books which pass under this name—I, II, III, and IV Maccabees. The first of these is the only one of the four which can be regarded as a reliable historical source. I Maccabees: The First Book ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [57%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
  21. Maccabees, Books of: The Books of Maccabees (see Maccabee) are four books among the books of the Septuagint, the Old Testament accepted as inspired and canonical by the Orthodox Church in the Greek Orthodox Bible—First Maccabees, Second Maccabees, Third Maccabees and Fourth ... [57%] 2023-02-22 [Judaism] [Christianity]...
  22. Maccabees, Books Of: Maccabees, Books Of, the name given to several Apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The Vulgate contains two books of Maccabees which were declared canonical by the council of Trent (1546) and found a place among the Apocrypha of the ... [57%] 2022-09-02
  23. Maccabees, The (Greek, Οἱ Μακκαβαῖοι): Originally the designation "Maccabeus" (Jerome, "Machabæus") was applied solely to Judas, the third son of Mattathias the Hasmonean (I Macc., et passim), Mattathias' other sons having different surnames; but as Judas became the leader of the party after his father ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
  24. Maccabees, Books Of, 1-2: MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 1-2 mak'-a-bez, I. 1 MACCABEES 1. Name 2. Canonicity 3. Contents 4. Historicity 5. Author's Standpoint and Aim 6. Date 7. Sources 8. Original Language 9. Text and Versions LITERATURE II. 2 MACCABEES ... [44%] 1915-01-01
  25. Maccabees, Books Of, 3-5: MACCABEES, BOOKS OF, 3-5 III. 3 Maccabees. 1. Name: The name 3 Maccabees, though occurring in the oldest manuscripts and VSS, is quite unsuitable, because the book refers to events which antedate the Maccabean age by about half a ... [44%] 1915-01-01

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