Judas Maccabaeus


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Judas Maccabaeus

/ (ˌmækəˈbiːəs) /


noun
  1. Jewish leader, whose revolt (166–161 bc) against the Seleucid kingdom of Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) enabled him to recapture Jerusalem and rededicate the Temple

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