Definitions for judas maccabaeus

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Ju′das Maccabae′us(n.)

  1. Category: Ancient History, Biography, Judaism

    Ref: Maccabaeus, Judas.

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  1. Judas Maccabaeus(noun)

    Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)


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