| It was a region populated by Edomites who had been forced by the Maccabees to convert to Judaism. |
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| The same notion of a prophet soon to appear is expressed in chapter 1 of First Maccabees. |
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| A truly original approach might be to portray the second-century b.c. Maccabees speaking like rappers. |
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| The Maccabees then purify the Temple and rededicate it on the 25th of Kislev, which is the date on the Hebrew calendar when we begin to celebrate the eight days of Chanukah. |
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| Armed with these stories, the Maccabees and their followers used guerrilla tactics to win the first national liberation struggle in recorded history. |
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| The rabbis honored the victory won by the Maccabees, but despised the Hasmonean dynasty that came to power as a result. |
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| I promise you in the spirit of the Maccabees, we will not allow Iran to receive a military nuclear capability. |
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| Today then we must return to our pharisaic memory as it was defined by the Hasidim who followed the Maccabees. |
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| I put my heart and soul into my screenplay about the Maccabees for deeply personal reasons. |
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| He was asked to write the screenplay for a Mel Gibson film about the Maccabees. |
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| In First Maccabees none of the Hasmoneans are given the royal title, but they are addressed as leaders, while later John Hyrcanus will claim the title of king. |
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| Herodotus found the practice among the Pontic Scythians, and, according to the Maccabees, the ancient Persians tore away the scalp of one of their prisoners. |
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| The fifteenth chapter of II Maccabees is a good example of this national-religious attitude. |
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| In 2 Maccabees 6-7, the martyrs give witness by their blood, and God's triumph is in terms of resurrection and final retribution in the new life. |
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| Is it any wonder that after its rededication by the Maccabees in 165 B. C. it was exalted in such lyrical terms? |
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| At the times of the Maccabees, Israel's very existence was threatened from outside. |
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| Moreover to show the final objective of this war, the Maccabees went to the Temple to re-establish worship there in its pristine purity. |
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| Moreover the books of the Maccabees do not form part of the biblical canon even though the first book was written a century after the events either in Hebrew or in Aramaic. |
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| The three books of Meqabyan are not to be confused with the books of Maccabees. |
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| On April 8, 1546 the Council of Trent declared the canonicity of nearly the entire Vulgate, excluding only the Third and Fourth Books of Maccabees, the Prayer of Manasseh, Psalm 151, and the First and Second Books of Esdras. |
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| While 1 Maccabees can be understood as a defense of the Hasmonean dynasty, 2 Maccabees can be understood as a defense of the Temple in Jerusalem. |
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| The reason for rabbinic ambiguity toward the Maccabees is rooted in the post-Hanukkah saga of the Hasmoneans. |
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| Of these, the Maccabees are perhaps the most well-known, their third album Given to the Wild gaining plaudits for taking rock music into fresh territory. |
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| It is noteworthy that the only instances in history of forcible conversion to Judaism were carried out by descendants of the very same Maccabees who had fought for religious liberty for their own people. |
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| The Talmud is silent on the Judaean war of independence waged by the Maccabees, although it was a war that was perfectly jusfiifed and crowned by victory. |
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| A revolt broke out led by a pious family known as the Maccabees, or Hasmoneans, the patriarch of which was named Mattathias. |
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| In addition, some newer books were included in the Septuagint, among these are the Maccabees and the Wisdom of Sirach. |
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| True, the Maccabees were defending the God of Torah and Law. |
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