Why did the Jews revolt against the Romans?

Answer 1

The Jews revolted because the Romans had events that threatened the Jews. They also revolted because the Roman officials didn't let the Jews use their own rules. I hope I help you guys! :DHere's way's to contact me

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Answer 2

The Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) under Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BCE), at the instigation of the Hellenizers, had forbidden various Torah-practices such as Sabbath-observance and circumcision, rededicated the Temple to a Greek idol, and pressed the Jews to offer up sacrifices to the idol. One of the leading elder Jewish sages called upon the people to keep observing the Torah anyway; and if necessary, to use force in resisting the decrees. When a Hellenized Jew offered a sacrifice to the Greek idols in a nearby village, the sage killed him as well as the Greek overseer. This brought a violent reaction from the Greeks; and the loyal Jews, led by the Hasmonean family, were forced to retreat from their towns and strike out at the Greeks in an attempt to oust them from the Holy Land and to enable the people to once again observe the Torah. The Torah-Jews were heavily outnumbered by the attacking Greek armies, but God gave them miraculous victories again and again. After three years of struggle, the Greek armies retreated from Jerusalem, and the Hasmoneans (also called Maccabees) entered the Holy Temple which the Greeks had defiled, reconsecrated it to God, and began the Temple service once more. Among other things, they wanted to relight the olive oil candelabrum (Exodus ch. 25), but could only find one day's supply of undefiled oil - and it would take eight days to make and bring some more.

Miraculously, the menorah stayed lit for eight days (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), allowing enough time for new oil to be prepared and brought. The significance of the miracle is that it demonstrated that God's presence was still there. The Torah-community was overjoyed, because God's presence meant everything to them.

This is what Hanukkah represents: the closeness to God; and the avoidance of Hellenization (assimilation).

The Torah Sages instituted the festival of Hanukkah at that time (Talmud, Shabbat 21b), to publicize the miracle (Rashi commentary, ibid). This is why we light our Hanukkah-menorahs.

Answer 3

Jews rebelled against Rome for many of the same reasons that people in other places and times have rebelled against oppressive imperial rule. It is pretty clear that each of the major Jewish revolts marked the end of a period of increasing repression. Each repressive cycle began with small acts that were seen by Roman authorities as individual acts of defiance and slapped down. The Roman response inspired deliberate individual acts of resistance, which were put down brutally. That only served to inspire further defiance, which inspired organized resistance, which led to more oppression, until there was open revolt. The seeds of misunderstanding were religious. Rome was in the habit of putting a bust of the emperor in every public space in occupied territory, but Jews would not tolerate such a bust in the Temple in Jerusalem. Jews had 3 big pilgrimage festivals a year where people congregated in Jerusalem in large numbers. Rome saw the large crowds as a problem and installed heavy police presence to keep order, but that got out of hand.