Maccabees
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judas Maccabeus | 10 |
| Judah Maccabee | 2 |
| Maccabees canonical | 2 |
| Mattathias | 2 |
| Hasmonean rebels | 1 |
| Maccabean martyrs | 1 |
| The Maccabees | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T429387 — 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.
Target entity: Maccabees Context triple: [Hanukkah, associatedGroup, Maccabees]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
3 Maccabees
3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
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D.
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.
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E.
2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Maccabees Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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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C.
3 Maccabees
3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
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D.
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.
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E.
2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hasmoneans
ⓘ
Jewish rebel group ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Hanukkah ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form:
Temple in Jerusalem
|
| associatedWithText |
Books of the Maccabees
ⓘ
1 Maccabees ⓘ
surface form:
First Book of Maccabees
2 Maccabees ⓘ
surface form:
Second Book of Maccabees
|
| cause |
defense of Jewish religious practices
ⓘ
resistance to forced Hellenization ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Hanukkah
ⓘ
surface form:
Hanukkah festival
lighting of the Hanukkah menorah ⓘ |
| conflict | Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| country | Judea ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| endDate | early 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish people
|
| hasFamilyName | Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| ledBy |
John Hyrcanus I
ⓘ
surface form:
John Hyrcanus
Jonathan Apphus ⓘ Maccabees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judah Maccabee
Mattathias ⓘ Simon Thassi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Maccabean Revolt
ⓘ
establishing an independent Judean state ⓘ rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ restoration of Jewish worship in the Temple ⓘ |
| opposed |
Hellenistic policies
ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
high priests in Jerusalem
ⓘ
ruling dynasty of Judea ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
ⓘ
Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic Judaism
Maccabean Revolt ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish–Seleucid wars
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
symbol of Jewish resistance
ⓘ
symbol of religious freedom ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Hasmonean dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Hasmonean Kingdom
|
| startDate | 167 BCE ⓘ |
| victoryOver |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
ⓘ
Seleucid forces in Judea ⓘ |
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Subject: Maccabees Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (19)
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