The Jewish festival of Hannukah, which this year runs from 25 December to 2 January, actually has a lot in common with the ...

But don’t expect this story to stick strictly to history books—it’s a colorful blend of fact, legend, and timeless lessons.

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

Whereas Christmas marks the birth of Jesus, Hanukkah, which was celebrated for centuries before Jesus was born, commemorates ...

They found the cave, and inside they found a thick liquid, which they spread on the altar on the 25 th of Kislev, hundreds of years before the Maccabees (2 Macc 1:18-36). As soon as the sun came ...

In historical terms, the Maccabean Revolt was the beginning of the end of the Seleucid Empire. Moral: Don't mess with the ...

and it was reckoned to him for righteousness' (1 Maccabees 2:52)." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatises" c. 248 A.D. "The whole canon of the Scriptures, however, in which we say that consideration ...

Hanukkah, perhaps the only Jewish holiday that has been confirmed by the archaeological record, celebrates the singular, ...

Playing its first season this fall, Tucson Maccabees is the only Southern Arizona team in the United Premier Soccer League’s Southwest Conference, Arizona Division 1. The team uses Naranja Park in Oro ...