Maccabees

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Hasmoneans Jewish rebel group

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judas Maccabeus	8
Judah Maccabee	2
Mattathias	2
Hasmonean rebels	1
Maccabean martyrs	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hanukkah → associatedGroup → Maccabees ⓘ

Maccabean Revolt → hasCommander → Maccabees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mattathias

Maccabean Revolt → hasCommander → Maccabees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah Maccabee

Hasmon → hasDescendant → Maccabees ⓘ