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When did the Maccabees revolt and drive the Greeks out of Judah?
Around 165 BCE, during the Second Temple period.
Why were the Maccabees important?
The Maccabees revolted against the Syrian-Greeks not to achieve political independence, but in order to be able to observe the commands of the Torah, which the Syrian-Greeks had forbidden at the instigation of the Hellenizing (irreligious) Jews. If it were not for the action of the Maccabees, who knows if religious Jewry would have been able to continue.
What group defeated the Syrians in the Hanukkah story?
The group that defeated the Syrians was the Maccabees. The defeat took place during the Maccabean revolt between 167 and 160 BCE in Judea.
What did the Maccabees cleanse after reclaiming Judea from the Greeks?
They cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem from ritual impurity and rededicated it. See also:More information
Who were the Maccabees?
The Maccabees were a family that fought a successful rebellion against the Syrian invaders who attempted to force all Jews into becoming Hellenized. This is remembered by the holiday of Channukah.
Who are the Maccabees?
The Maccabees were the people who fought in the war against the Greeks in the Chanukkah story.
What was the attitude of 1st century Jews after the Maccabean revolt against the Romans?
You've combined two different periods. The Maccabees led a revolution against the Syrian-Greeks.
What was the goal of the revolt led Judah maccabe against the Syrians?
maccabees regained control of Jerusalem
When did the Maccabees revolt and drive the Greeks out of Judah?
Around 165 BCE, during the Second Temple period.
What war led to the miracle on Hanukkah?
The war of the Hasmoneans (Maccabees) against the Syrian-Greeks (Seleucids).
Why were the Maccabees important?
The Maccabees revolted against the Syrian-Greeks not to achieve political independence, but in order to be able to observe the commands of the Torah, which the Syrian-Greeks had forbidden at the instigation of the Hellenizing (irreligious) Jews. If it were not for the action of the Maccabees, who knows if religious Jewry would have been able to continue.
What was the result of the Maccabean Revolt?
The Maccabees regained control over the land from the Syrian Greeks and this was called the Hasmonean Kingdom. The Hasmoneans were overrun by the Roman armies nearly a century later.
What was the effect of Greeks revolt against the ottoman Turks?
The outcome was that it would start war
What did the worship of Zeus at the Jewish Temple trigger?
the revolt of the Maccabees.
What the Greeks revolt against the ottoman Turks?
Which one? There were several, culminating in the various Wars of Greek Independence and Unification.
When did the Greeks send warships to Anatolia to support the revolt against the Persians?
In 498 BCE the city-states of Eretria and Athens sent contingents to support the Ionian Revolt which had started the previous year.
Who Leads a rebellion against the Greeks who are occupying Judaea?
The Hebrews at the time. If you want to know more there is like a bunch of movies and books about it. Specific name of the army is commonly referred to as the Maccabees.
