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Mattathias: History, Contribution to Religious Law & First Stage of the Rebellion
Mattathias ben Johanan (Hebrew: מַתִּתְיָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן יוֹחָנָן, Mattīṯyāhū haKōhēn ben Yōḥānān; died 166–165 BCE) was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Mattathias's story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus. Mattathias is accorded…
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Mattathias topic overview
The analysis highlights History, Contribution to Religious Law and First Stage of the Rebellion as prominent areas in the source structure around Mattathias.
Related topics
47
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
55
Extracted relationships
77
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
55
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
History · 16 topics
Overview · 11 topics
First Stage of the Rebellion · 6 topics
In literature and liturgy · 6 topics
Contribution to Religious Law · 5 topics
Context · 3 topics
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Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Born
Judea
Burial
Modi'in
Died
166 BCE
Dynasty
Hasmonean
Father
John, son of Simeon
Issue
Judas Maccabeus Eleazar Avaran Simon Thassi John Gaddi Jonathan Apphus
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How Mattathias connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Mattathias shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Mattathias → Antiquities, Asamonaius, Asmonaius, Being, Chronicles, Hasmonai, Hasmonean, Hasmoneans, High Priest, In, Israel, Jerusalem, Joarib, Johanan, John, Josephus, Like, Maccabees, Modi'in, Phinehas Another extracted example is Mattathias → Beginning, Even, Halakhic, In, In Jewish, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Josephus, Maccabees, Ptolemy, Sabbath, Second Temple Period, Soter, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Mattathias → Beginning, Even, Halakhic, In, In Jewish, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Josephus, Maccabees, Ptolemy, Sabbath, Second Temple Period, Soter, This
related to In literature and liturgy· 12
Mattathias → Al HaNisim, Amidah, Birkat Hamazon, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Hanukkah, He, Josephus, Maccabees, Meqabyan, Shabbat, Talmudic, The
related to First Stage of the Rebellion· 11
Mattathias → BCE, Hellenistic, High Priest Menelaus, In, Jewish, Josephus, Judaism, King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Maccabees, Seleucid, The
related to External links· 3
Mattathias → Johanan, Mahlon, Smith
Born· 1
Mattathias → Judea
Burial· 1
Mattathias → Modi'in
Died· 1
Mattathias → 166 BCE
Dynasty· 1
Mattathias → Hasmonean
Father· 1
Mattathias → John, son of Simeon
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
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Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 77 structured relationships around Mattathias. Examples in this analysis include Mattathias → Born → Judea and Mattathias → Burial → Modi'in. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
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Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Mattathias
Born
Judea
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Burial
Modi'in
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Died
166 BCE
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Dynasty
Hasmonean
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Father
John, son of Simeon
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Issue
Judas Maccabeus Eleazar Avaran Simon Thassi John Gaddi Jonathan Apphus
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Predecessor
Revolt Started
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Reign
167-166 BCE
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Religion
Judaism
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
Successor
Judas Maccabeus
1.00
infobox
Mattathias
related to Contribution to Religious Law
In Jewish
0.60
section
Mattathias
related to Contribution to Religious Law
Sabbath
0.60
section
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Mattathias bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Maccabees, Father and John. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Mattathias
Maccabees
Father
John
Simeon
Village
Story
Josephus
Priest
Amidah
Judea
Sacrifice
Accounts
mattathias
Maccabees
Father
John
Simeon
Village
Story
Josephus
Priest
Amidah
Judea
Sacrifice
Accounts
first stage of the rebellion
Revolt
Judea
Maccabean
Accounts
Father
Hasmonean
High
John
Modi'in
Period
Simeon
Simon
1 maccabees
Josephus
Mattathias
Story
Hanukkah
Jerusalem
Priest
Amidah
Judea
Sacrifice
Accounts
Father
Jews
high priest of israel
High
Priest
Jerusalem
Though
Second
Sources
Temple
Maccabees
Father
First
John
Modi'in
books of the maccabees
Josephus
Mattathias
Story
Hanukkah
Jerusalem
Priest
Amidah
Judea
Sacrifice
Accounts
Father
Jews
maccabean revolt
Revolt
First
Judea
Hasmonean
John
Modi'in
Period
Simeon
Simon
Though
Village
Second
john gaddi
Simeon
Simon
Judea
Mattathias
Hasmonean
Modi'in
Period
Revolt
Though
Village
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Sources
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Mattathias, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Mattathias with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Min side: 3
Mattathias — History· splits 39 ⟂ 17Mattathias — Overview· splits 44 ⟂ 12Mattathias — First Stage of the Rebellion· splits 49 ⟂ 7Mattathias — In literature and liturgy· splits 49 ⟂ 7Mattathias — Contribution to Religious Law· splits 50 ⟂ 6Mattathias — Context· splits 52 ⟂ 4
Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Mattathias
Nodes56
Edges55
Triples77
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Mattathias to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Contribution to Religious Law & First Stage of the Rebellion, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
