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What is the maccabees?
They were Jewish.
What is the Maccabees religon?
They were Jewish.
Are all maccabees Jewish?
Yes
What did the worship of Zeus at the Jewish Temple trigger?
the revolt of the Maccabees.
Who are the Maccabees?
The Maccabees were the people who fought in the war against the Greeks in the Chanukkah story.
What Jewish group regained control of Jerusalem by 164 B.C.?
The Maccabees
What is a Hasmonean?
A Hasmonean is a member of the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged.
The Jewish group that regained control of Jerusalem by 164 B.C. was the .?
That was the Maccabees.
What does culturely Jewish mean?
To be Jewish can mean you either practice the Jewish religion, or are from a Jewish decent. It is both a race and a religion. Someone that is culturally Jewish may not practice the religion, but has a Jewish heritage. Likewise, people that do practice the Jewish religion do not have to be culturally Jewish, or have Jewish ancestors.
Where are the areas of Jewish religion?
There aren't areas of the Jewish religion.
What Jewish army drove the Greeks out of judah?
The Maccabim (Maccabees), also called the Chashmonaim (Hasmoneans)
How did the Maccabees get their name?
The Maccabees were a Jewish national liberation movement that fought for and won independence from Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. The Maccabees founded the Hasmonean royal dynasty and established Jewish independence in the Hasmonean Kingdom for about one hundred years, from 164 BCE to 63 BCE. The Maccabees found their name by flicking through the bible and picking out a random word.
