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The Maccabees (/ˈmækəbiːz/), also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: מַכַּבִּים, romanized: Makkabbīm, or מַקַבִּים, Maqabbīm; Latin: Machabaei or Maccabaei; Ancient Greek: Μακκαβαῖοι, romanized: Makkabaioi), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who re-took control of Judea, which at the time was occupied by the Seleucid Empire. Its leaders, the Hasmoneans…
Background, Christian veneration and possible Jewish preceding tradition & Hasmonean dynasty
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Maccabees | Born | 2nd century BCE Judea (modern-day Israel) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maccabees | Canonized | Pre-Congregation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maccabees | Died | 167–160 BCE Judea | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maccabees | Feast | August 1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Maccabees | Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Churches | 1.00 | infobox |
| Alexander Jannaeus | instance of | This policy exacerbated the divide between the Pharisees and Sadducees under later Hasmonean monarchs | 0.80 | text |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | The Maccabean | 0.60 | section |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | First | 0.60 | section |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | Second Maccabees | 0.60 | section |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | Temple | 0.60 | section |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | Jerusalem | 0.60 | section |
| Maccabees | related to Biblical accounts | These | 0.60 | section |
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