Judas Maccabeus
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2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Judah Maccabee was a Jewish priest and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire . The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE, after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it.
