2,200-year-old coin hoard gives hard proof of Book of Maccabees, say archaeologists Trove of silver coins – two months’ average salary – documents bloody persecution preceding the famous ...

As the First Book of Maccabees records, when the elder Hasmonean father lay on this deathbed as his children, led by Judah, prepared the battles that would birth the Festival of Lights, ...

In fact, the word is mentioned in the Second Book of Maccabees since Hanukkah is “dedication, inauguration” (Talmud Tractate Shabbat 21b). This small oil lamp was found unexpectedly.

In one, recounted in the First and Second Books of Maccabees, a small band of ancient Jewish zealots defeat the Seleucid army, which is intent on eliminating Jewish religious and cultural practice ...

The books of Maccabees describe the persecution of Jews under Hellenistic rule, the daring revolt led by the Maccabees, and the eight-day celebration that followed their victory.

The second book of Maccabees (10:6-8) describes this eight-day celebration as a kind of Sukkot celebration (complete with waving palm fronds), making up for missing Sukkot earlier due to the war.

News A miracle happened somewhere around here: A look at life on the land where Hanukkah began The Book of Maccabees tells us where the first Hanukkah took place.

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. Revelation 22:19 ...

“Eric is, as always, quite correct — on the Maccabees in the lull before Rome arrived, and on Masada as propaganda by Josephus,” said John Dominic Crossan, author of several definitive books ...