Judah Maccabee
Judah Maccabee was a Jewish priest and military leader of the second century BCE who led a successful revolt against the Seleucid Empire.
His guerrilla campaign recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Temple, events commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
Maccabee likely means "hammer," suggesting his striking force in battle.
He remains a symbol of Jewish resistance and religious freedom.
- HanukkahEight-day Jewish celebration
- Festival of LightsLuminous celebration moniker
- eight nightsHanukkah's full length
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- hammerTool for striking nails
Jerusalem · Temple · menorah · lamp oil · rededication · Second Temple · Greek · rebellion · holy war · warrior · liberation · miracle · oil · priest · guerrilla · guerrilla warfare · freedom · Torah
- Hanukkahmenorah, dreidel, latkes, gelt, shamash
- Jewish FiguresMoses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Aaron
- Notable JewsMoses, Solomon, Esther, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin
- Jewish WarfareIDF, Masada, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1948 Arab-Israeli War
- Israeli FiguresGolda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben-Gurion, Gal Gadot
Judah MaccabeeApollonius
Hellenistic geometry master
Judah Maccabeeassimilationists
Those advocating cultural absorption
Judah Maccabeeappeaser
One who concedes to pacify
collaborator · pacifist · assimilationist · quisling · capitulator