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Bookmark or Share- Judah Maccabee - Who Was Judas Maccabeus? - Chabad.orgJudah Maccabee (Judas Maccabeus) was one of the leaders of the Jewish guerilla freedom fighters who drove the Seleucid Greek occupiers out of Judea in 139 BCE. Judah was the eldest son of Mattathias (the son of Jochanan), the High Priest, who instigated the revolt by killing the Greek official Nikanor after a pig was slaughtered in the Holy Temple.
- The Maccabees/Hasmoneans: History & Overview - Jewish Virtual LibraryThe family of Mattathias became known as the Maccabees, from the Hebrew word for "hammer," because they were said to strike hammer blows against their enemies. Jews refer to the Maccabees, but the family is more commonly known as the Hasmoneans.
- Judas Maccabeus - WikipediaJudas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus (/ ˌ m æ k ə ˈ b iː ə s / MAK-ə-BEE-əs), also known as Judah Maccabee (Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi), [a] was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE).
- Judas Maccabeus | History, Hanukkah, & The Hammer | BritannicaJudas Maccabeus was a Jewish guerrilla leader who defended his country from invasion by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, preventing the imposition of Hellenism upon Judaea, and preserving the Jewish religion.
- JUDAS MACCABEUS - JewishEncyclopedia.comSon of the priest Mattathias, and, after his father's death, leader against the Syrians. When he entered on the war he must have been in the prime of his manhood.
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