Mattathias
Americannoun
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In the Hanukkah story, a Jewish priest named Mattathias and his sons led them in a bloody revolt against the much larger group of Greeks and the pro-assimilation Jews.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2021
On Monday the New York Times published a profile of Barr by Mattathias Schwartz that included two interviews with the attorney general last month.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2020
Mattathias Schwartz is a contributing writer for the magazine and a former staff writer at The New Yorker, where he won the Livingston Award for international reporting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2018
By Mattathias SchwartzPosted Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at 5:30 AM ET This is an excerpt of "Camp Justice," a Kindle Single published this week.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2012
In those days rose up Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest from Jerusalem; and he dwelt at Modin.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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