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          Judas Maccabeus

          Jewish priest who led the Maccabean Revolt

          For Handel's oratorio, see Judas Maccabaeus (Handel). For the First Comics character, see Judah Maccabee (comics).

          Judas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus (MAK-ə-BEE-əs), also known as Judah Maccabee (Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized:&#;Yehudah HaMakabi),[a] was a Jewish priest (kohen) and a son of the priest Mattathias.

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          5. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (– BCE).

          The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in BCE after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it.

          Life

          Early life

          Judah was the third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean, a Jewish priest from the village of Modi'in. In BCE, Mattathias, together with his sons Judah, Eleazar, Simon, John, and Jonathan, started a revolt against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who since /8 BCE had