MACCABEES

(Also called Hasmonaeans)

Aristobulus I: w01 6/15 29

Ituraea taken by: it-1 1238; it-2 700

Ashdod attacked by: it-1 190

discussion: w01 6/15 27-30; dp 227; w98 11/15 21-24

family tree: w01 6/15 30

Jannaeus, Alexander: w01 6/15 29-30

John Hyrcanus I: w01 6/15 28-29

Idumeans circumcised by: it-1 1173; it-2 700

John Hyrcanus II: w01 6/15 30

Maccabaeus, Jonathan: w01 6/15 27-28

Maccabaeus, Judas: it-2 44-45; w01 6/15 27; g90 12/8 12

question of divine support: g90 12/8 13

temple rededication: it-1 824-825; w98 11/15 23; g90 12/8 12-13

Maccabaeus, Simon: it-2 45; w01 6/15 27-28

names:

Hasmonaeans: w98 11/15 23

Maccabees: w98 11/15 23

revolt against Seleucid rule: it-1 1231-1232; it-2 44-45; w11 9/1 14; w98 11/15 23; g90 12/8 12; g89 5/22 20

rule by: it-1 1232; w01 6/15 27-30

crushed: it-1 1232

forced conversions: sh 213

position of Sadducees and Pharisees: it-1 1232; w01 6/15 28-29