Judas Maccabeus (died 160 BC) was the leader of a Jewish revolt against the repressive policies of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the king of Syria. Third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean priest of Modin, Judas received the added name Maccabeus, generally...

(2nd Century BCE). Military leader. The son of Mattathias the *Hasmonean, Judah led the revolt against the pagan Syrians. As a result of his campaign, he captured *Jerusalem and purified the *Temple (see *HANUKKAH). His exploits are recorded in the...

Judas Maccabeus (or Judah Maccabee, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, Yehudah HaMakabi, Judah the Hammer) was the third son of the Jewish priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167BCE-160 BCE) and is acclaimed as one of...

AS THE insurgency in Iraq continues and questions about its outcome surface, one might look for possible historical parallels--and one of the most successful insurgencies against a colonial power in the Middle East was the Jewish revolt, under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus,...