![]() ![]() ![]() The traditional Jewish explanation is that Maccabee ( Hebrew: מכבים Machabi) is an acronym for the Torah verse that was the battle-cry of the Maccabees, " Mi chamocha ba'elim YHWH", "Who is like You among the heavenly powers, Lord!", as well as an acronym for " Matityahu ha Kohen ben Yochanan" (Matthias the priest, son of John). One explanation of the name's origins is that it derives from the Aramaic maqqəḇa, "the hammer", in recognition of Judah's ferocity in battle. ![]() The name Maccabee was a personal epithet of Judah, and the later generations were not his direct descendants. The name Maccabee is often used as a synonym for the entire Hasmonean dynasty, but the Maccabees proper were Judas Maccabeus and his four brothers. They reasserted the Jewish religion, expanded the boundaries of Judea by conquest, and reduced the influence of Hellenism and Hellenistic Judaism. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 167 BCE to 37 BCE, being a fully independent kingdom from about 110 to 63 BCE. The Maccabees ( / ˈ m æ k ə ˌ b iː z/), also spelled Machabees ( Hebrew: מַכַּבִּים, Makkabbīm or מַקַבִּים, Maqabbīm Latin: Machabaei or Maccabaei Ancient Greek: Μακκαβαῖοι, Makkabaioi), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire. ![]()
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