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, he too ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The ancient books rejected by the Talmud, namely the two books of Maccabees and Josephus’ Antiquities of the Jews, present Hanukkah as a celebration of the Hasmonean military victory over the ...

The Codex Sinaiticus only lacks II Maccabees but also includes IV Maccabees. The Codex Alexandrinus contains all of the Catholic OT Books plus III and IV Maccabees.

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. Why eight days?

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. For locals, the spirit of the ...

(RNS) — Prominent Middle East archaeologist Eric Meyers offers a view of Jewish uprisings, including those that followed the Maccabees, and their actual consequences.

While the Talmud preserves the story of the oil miracle and the Temple’s rededication, the problematic rule under the Hasmonean dynasty are largely contained in the apocryphal Book of Maccabees ...