Judas Maccabeus
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Judas Maccabeus was a 2nd-century BCE Jewish priest and military leader who led the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule and became a symbol of Jewish resistance and religious freedom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judas Maccabeus canonical | 8 |
| Judah Maccabee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4875749 — 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: Judas Maccabeus Context triple: [Battle of Emmaus, commander, Judas Maccabeus]
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A.
Maccabees
The Maccabees were a Jewish rebel group in the 2nd century BCE who led a successful revolt against Seleucid rule and rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Mattathias
Mattathias was a Jewish priest and patriarch who initiated the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Mattathias Antigonus
Mattathias Antigonus was the last Hasmonean king of Judea, who ruled in the 1st century BCE before being deposed by the Romans and Herod the Great.
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D.
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.
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E.
Zealots
The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
- 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: Judas Maccabeus Target entity description: Judas Maccabeus was a 2nd-century BCE Jewish priest and military leader who led the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule and became a symbol of Jewish resistance and religious freedom.
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A.
Maccabees
The Maccabees were a Jewish rebel group in the 2nd century BCE who led a successful revolt against Seleucid rule and rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem.
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B.
Mattathias
Mattathias was a Jewish priest and patriarch who initiated the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Mattathias Antigonus
Mattathias Antigonus was the last Hasmonean king of Judea, who ruled in the 1st century BCE before being deposed by the Romans and Herod the Great.
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D.
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.
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E.
Zealots
The Zealots were a radical Jewish political and religious movement in the late Second Temple period that advocated armed resistance against Roman rule in Judea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish military leader
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Jewish priest ⓘ human ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| activeIn | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Hanukkah liturgy ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Jewish historical tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | c. 160 BCE ⓘ |
| describedIn |
First Book of Maccabees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Book of Maccabees NERFINISHED ⓘ writings of Josephus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| father | Mattathias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Judas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | establishment of the festival of Hanukkah ⓘ |
| heritage | Hasmonean dynasty precursor ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish nationalist movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading Jewish resistance against Seleucid rule
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rededication of the Second Temple ⓘ restoring Jewish worship in the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Maccabean revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hasmonean family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| nickname |
Maccabeus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Adasa
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Beth Horon NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Beth Zur NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Elasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Emmaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in the Maccabean revolt ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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priest ⓘ |
| opponent |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
NERFINISHED
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Lysias NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Elasa ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Modein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Eleazar Avaran
NERFINISHED
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John Gaddi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Apphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Thassi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Jewish resistance
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religious freedom ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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this entity surface form:
Judah Maccabee