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Jewish priest who led the Maccabean Revolt

For Handel's oratorio, see Judas Maccabaeus (Handel). For the First Comics character, see Judah Maccabee (comics).

Judas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus (MAK-ə-BEE-əs), also known as Judah Maccabee (Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi),^[a] was a Jewish priest (kohen) and a son of the priest Mattathias.

He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE).

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The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it.

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Early life

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Judah was the third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean, a Jewish priest from the village of Modi'in.

In 167 BCE, Mattathias, together with his sons Judah, Eleazar, Simon, John, and Jonathan, started a revolt against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Ep