Megillat Antiochus
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Megillat Antiochus is a post-biblical Jewish text that recounts the story of the Maccabean revolt and the events commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megillat Antiochus canonical | 2 |
| Megillat Antiochus ha-Katan | 1 |
| Megillat Ha-Hashmonaim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2456255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megillat Antiochus Context triple: [Books of the Maccabees, relatedWork, Megillat Antiochus]
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A.
Megillat Esther
Megillat Esther is the biblical Book of Esther, a scroll read in synagogues that narrates the salvation of the Jews in Persia and forms the scriptural basis for the Jewish festival of Purim.
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B.
Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
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C.
Book of Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical Old Testament text that tells the story of a Jewish heroine who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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D.
4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
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E.
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees is a historical Jewish work recounting the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE, regarded as deuterocanonical by some Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megillat Antiochus Target entity description: Megillat Antiochus is a post-biblical Jewish text that recounts the story of the Maccabean revolt and the events commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
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A.
Megillat Esther
Megillat Esther is the biblical Book of Esther, a scroll read in synagogues that narrates the salvation of the Jews in Persia and forms the scriptural basis for the Jewish festival of Purim.
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B.
Books of the Maccabees
The Books of the Maccabees are ancient Jewish historical and religious texts recounting the Maccabean revolt and events surrounding the rededication of the Second Temple.
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C.
Book of Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical Old Testament text that tells the story of a Jewish heroine who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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D.
4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.
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E.
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees is a historical Jewish work recounting the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE, regarded as deuterocanonical by some Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanukkah text
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Jewish liturgical text ⓘ post-biblical Jewish text ⓘ |
| associatedFestival | Hanukkah ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hasmonean period sages (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | pseudepigraphic ⓘ |
| commemorates | events leading to the festival of Hanukkah ⓘ |
| culturalRole | supplementary narrative for Hanukkah in some communities ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition |
between 2nd and 7th century CE (approximate scholarly range)
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late antiquity ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Jewish resistance to Hellenistic decrees
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decrees of Antiochus IV Epiphanes against Jewish practice ⓘ institution of Hanukkah as a festival ⓘ military victories of the Maccabees ⓘ purification of the Temple ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
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midrashic narrative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Megillat Antiochus
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surface form:
Megillat Antiochus ha-Katan
Megillat Antiochus ⓘ
surface form:
Megillat Ha-Hashmonaim
Scroll of Antiochus ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Megillat Antiochus self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hasmonean traditions
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earlier Maccabean literature ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
read by some communities on Hanukkah
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recited in some medieval Jewish rites ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Hanukkah
ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Hasmoneans
Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
surface form:
Maccabean revolt
|
| mentionsFigure |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Judas Maccabeus ⓘ
surface form:
Judah Maccabee
Mattathias ⓘ
surface form:
Mattathias the Hasmonean
|
| narrativeFocus |
rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem
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struggle of the Jews against Seleucid rule ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
medieval Aramaic manuscripts
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medieval Hebrew manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Books of the Maccabees
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Talmudic passages about Hanukkah ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
commemorating Hanukkah miracles and victories
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strengthening Jewish identity under foreign rule ⓘ |
| religiousLawAspect | emphasizes observance of Torah under persecution ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| setting |
Eretz HaKodesh
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surface form:
Land of Israel
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| statusInHalakha |
not part of the Hebrew Bible canon
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post-biblical composition ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Jewish liturgy and history scholarship ⓘ |
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Subject: Megillat Antiochus Description of subject: Megillat Antiochus is a post-biblical Jewish text that recounts the story of the Maccabean revolt and the events commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Megillat Ha-Hashmonaim
this entity surface form:
Megillat Antiochus ha-Katan