Maccabean Revolt

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Jewish revolt revolt uprising war of independence

The Maccabean Revolt was a 2nd-century BCE Jewish uprising against Seleucid rule that led to the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and is commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.

Aliases (8)

Hasmonean Revolt ×1
Hasmonean revolt against Seleucids ×1
Hasmonean–Seleucid conflicts ×1
Hasmonean–Seleucid wars ×1
Jewish revolt against Seleucid Empire ×1
Jewish–Seleucid wars ×1
Maccabean revolt (indirectly, via descendants) ×1
Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish revolt → revolt → uprising → war of independence →
hasAlternativeName	Hasmonean Revolt →
hasCause	Seleucid religious persecution of Jews → desecration of the Second Temple → imposition of Hellenistic practices →
hasCommander	Jonathan Apphus → Judah Maccabee → Mattathias → Simon Thassi →
hasCulturalAspect	resistance to enforced Hellenization →
hasDateOfTempleRededication	25 Kislev →
hasDynastyFounded	Hasmonean dynasty →
hasEndTime	160 BCE →
hasEthnicGroupInvolved	Jews →
hasFollowedBy	Hasmonean Kingdom →
hasKeyEvent	cleansing of the Temple → miracle of the oil →
hasLiterarySource	First Book of Maccabees → Josephus Antiquities of the Jews → Second Book of Maccabees →
hasLocation	Jerusalem → Judea → Seleucid Empire →
hasMainBelligerent	Judean Jews → Seleucid Empire →
hasNamedAfter	Maccabees →
hasOpposingCommander	Antiochus IV Epiphanes → Bacchides → Lysias → Nicanor →
hasPart	Battle of Beth Zur → Battle of Emmaus → recapture of Jerusalem → rededication of the Second Temple →
hasPoliticalAspect	resistance to Seleucid rule →
hasPrecededBy	Hellenistic influence in Judea →
hasReligiousAspect	defense of Jewish law → opposition to idolatry →
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Judaism →
hasResult	Jewish control of Jerusalem → establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty → increased Jewish religious autonomy → rededication of the Second Temple →
hasStartTime	167 BCE →
isCommemoratedBy	Hanukkah →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antiochus IV Epiphanes → Bacchides → Hasmonean dynasty → Hasmonean dynasty ("Hasmonean–Seleucid wars") → Maccabees → Nicanor → Seleucid Empire → Simon Thassi →	conflict
Second Temple Judaism → Second Temple Judaism ("Hasmonean revolt against Seleucids") →	majorEvent
Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts ("Hasmonean–Seleucid conflicts") → Maccabees ("Jewish–Seleucid wars") →	relatedTo
Judea →	associatedWithEvent
Festival of Lights →	associatedWithHistoricalEvent
Hanukkah ("Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire") →	commemorates
Hasmon ("Maccabean revolt (indirectly, via descendants)") →	connectedTo
2 Maccabees ("Jewish revolt against Seleucid Empire") →	coversEvents
Maccabean Revolt ("Hasmonean Revolt") →	hasAlternativeName
Hasmonean dynasty →	hasPart
Books of the Maccabees →	mainSubject
Maccabees →	notableFor
2 Maccabees →	subject