Maccabees, priestly family of jews who organized a successful rebellion against the seleucid ruler antiochus iv and reconsecrated the defiled temple of jerusalem. Modin, and all israel made great lamentation for him. The seleucids, one of the four spawning empires, took over the portion in which israel resided as a part of their hellenistic empire. The books of the maccabees biblical literature britannica.
Unknown methods of uncircumcision according to oribasius. The family of mattathias became known as the maccabees, from the hebrew word for hammer, because they were said to strike hammer blows against their enemies. The books of the maccabees, maccabees also spelled machabees, four books, none of which is in the hebrew bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the septuagint. The second book has a more theological slant, advancing several. Circumcision advocacyarchive 2 jump to navigation jump to search. History of circumcision from earliest times to the present, chapt 1. Operative repair for stricture of the urethra is not a new surgical procedure. The wicked ruler antiochus epiphanes, son of king antiochus the third of syria, was a descendant of one of alexanders generals.
Why the maccabees arent in the bible my jewish learning. The name maccabee was a title of honour given to judas, a son of mattathias and the hero of the jewish wars of independence, 168164. Book of the maccabees sefer hamakabim is a history of the maccabees, the leaders of the jewish rebellion against the seleucid dynasty. Jews refer to the maccabees, but the family is more commonly known as the hasmoneans. Mcaninch department of urology, university of california school of medicine and san francisco general hospital, san francisco, california. The story of how hanukkah came to be is contained in the books of 1 and 2 maccabees. The first book of maccabees1 praises judahs valor and military talent. The first book, although written from a biased perspective, does not directly mention god or divine intervention. Request pdf on aug 1, 2003, j lascaratos and others published unknown methods of uncircumcision according to oribasius 4th century ad find, read and cite all the research you need on. The history of circumcision circumcision information and. Maccabees definition is a priestly family leading a jewish revolt begun in 168 b.
Johanson urethroplasty for repair of urethral strictures. Schwarz from he division of surgery, department of urology, wayne university college of medicine, and affiliated hospitals, detroit, mich. The first and second books of maccabees contain the most detailed accounts of the battles of judah maccabee and his brothers for the liberation of judea from foreign domination. These books include within them the earliest references to the story of hanukkah and the rededication of the temple, in addition to the famous story of the mother and her seven sons. The book of 2 maccabees consists of a greek synopsis of a fivevolume history of the maccabean revolt written by jason of cyrene. Pdf cross stitch pattern queen nefertiti last photo shows how it looks like the. Maccabees definition of maccabees by merriamwebster. The first two books only are part of canonical scripture in the septuagint and the vulgate hence are canonical to roman catholicism and eastern orthodoxy and are included. There are two other persons of this name mentioned in the bible a son of david 1 chronicles 3.
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