RSS Feed
The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid Empire that took place during the 2nd century BC. Not long before the revolt, Jerusalem had been captured by the Seleucids. According to ancient sources, the Maccabean Revolt was launched as a result of the policies implemented by the Seleucids that discriminated against the Jews. […]
Posts Tagged ‘maccabean’
The Maccabean Revolt: The Jewish Rebellion Against the Seleucid Empire
August 22nd, 2021 
Awake Goy 
Posted in Jewish News 
Tags: against, empire, Jewish, maccabean, rebellion, revolt, seleucid 
No Comments »Rare Second Temple menorah drawing from Biblical Maccabean site brought to light
December 8th, 2020 Awake Goy Just ahead of Hanukkah, a forgotten 2,000-year-old charcoal drawing of the Temple menorah is again seeing the light of day. First uncovered 40 years ago during archaeological surveys at Michmas, a Hasmonean stronghold during the Maccabean Revolt, the drawing was never published by scholars and its documentation was left to gather dust on archive shelves. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: biblical, brought, drawing, maccabean, menorah, second, temple No Comments »
