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The Triumph of the Maccabees||Judea and its neighbors circa 76 BCE

A Brief History of the Hasmoneans

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Hasmonean generations (click image to enlarge) All in the Family Priestly families preferred to marry within their own privileged class, but the Hasmoneans took this practice to something of an extreme. Despite the rivalry between...
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||Demetrius I

The Youngest Maccabee

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Guerrillas in the Hills The year 160 BCE found the Hasmonean family in a sorry state. Judah had fallen in battle, his army decimated and the Maccabee rebellion all but quashed. Seleucid king Demetrius I...
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Judah Maccabee purifies the Temple

Fighting for Heart and Soul

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Why Hannukah? And Judah, and his brethren, and all the congregation of Israel decreed that the day of the dedication of the altar should be kept in its season from year to year for eight...
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Judah the Maccabee facing the corps of Nicanor|החשמונאים הפכו לדמויות חשובות בהיסטוריה של המערב הנוצרי ודמויותיהם זכו לייצוגים אמנותיים שונים. תחריטי עץ של יוחנן הורקנוס השני ושל שלומציון המלכה

Pools and Palaces

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Oasis in the Desert Famed for its fertility and rare plants, Jericho was the garden of Judea during the Second Temple period, second only to Jerusalem as an urban center. Hot baths and flowing streams,...
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