And she wrote the libretto for an oratorio on the subject of Judas Maccabeus performed at the Hanukkah festival which came in December.

The ancient Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus narrates in his book Jewish Antiquities XII, how the victorious Judas Maccabeus ordered lavish yearly eight-day festivities after rededicating the Temple in Jerusalem that had been profaned by Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

This provoked the 174 – 135 BCE Maccabean Revolt led by Judas Maccabeus ( whose victory is celebrated in the Jewish festival of Hanukkah ).

* Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Maccabees Revolt against the Seleucid empire

* Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and its first successful general

Ninth-century chroniclers, who interpreted the outcome of the battle as divine judgment in his favour, gave Charles the nickname Martellus (" The Hammer "), possibly recalling Judas Maccabeus (" The Hammerer ") of the Maccabean revolt.

The Jordan was crossed by Judas Maccabeus and his brother Jonathan Maccabaeus during their war with the Nabataeans ( 1 Maccabees ).

** Judas Maccabeus, third son of the Jewish priest Mattathias, who has led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire until his death

* Judas Maccabeus, founder of the Hasmonean dynasty

He quickly makes for Jerusalem, besieging the city and trapping Judas Maccabeus, the spiritual and military leader of the Maccabees, inside.

* Judas Maccabeus and many of his supporters regroup to face the Seleucid forces in the Battle of Elasa ( near modern day Ramallah ).

Greatly outnumbered, the Maccabees are defeated and Judas Maccabeus is killed during the battle.

* Judas Maccabeus is succeeded as army commander and leader of the Maccabees by his younger brother, Jonathan.

* With the restoration of peace in Judea, an internal struggle breaks out between the supporters of Judas Maccabeus and the Hellenist party.

* The Maccabees, led by Judas Maccabeus, and a Seleucid army, led by the Seleucid general Nicanor, fight the Battle of Adasa, near Beth-horon.

* Envoys of Judas Maccabeus conclude a treaty of friendship with the Roman Senate.

* The Maccabees, under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus, continue their struggle against the Seleucids and persecute the Hellenising faction in Judea.

Judas Maccabeus lays siege to the fortress and in response, the Seleucid general and regent to the young Seleucid king Antiochus V, Lysias, approaches Jerusalem and besieges Beth-zechariah, 25 kilometres from the city.

Even though the Chasidim consent, Judas Maccabeus argues for full political as well as religious freedom.

* The Battle of Beth Zur is fought between Jewish rebel forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army led by the regent Lysias.

Judas Maccabeus wins the battle and is able to recapture Jerusalem soon after.

* The Battle of Beth Horon is fought between Jewish forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army.

* The Battle of Emmaus takes place between the Jewish rebels led by Judas Maccabeus and Seleucid forces sent by Antiochus IV and led by Lysias and his general, Gorgias.

In the ensuing battle, Judas Maccabeus and his men succeed in repelling Gorgias and forcing his army out of Judea and down to the coastal plain in what is an important victory in the war for Judea's independence.

* The leader of the Jewish revolt against Syria rule, Mattathias, dies and his third son, Judas, assumes leadership of the revolt in accordance with the deathbed disposition of his father.

Before embarking on a third leg in the fall of 2005, Queensrÿche toured with Judas Priest across North America, playing an hour-long set consisting mostly of the band's older works and one song from the soon-to-be released sequel, entitled " I'm American.

This is properly applied to the first leader of the revolt, Judas, third son of Mattathias, whose attacks were " hammer-like ".

Glover left the show to rejoin Living Colour in June 2008, and actor James Delisco took over the Judas role, along with several new cast members for the third ( 2009 ) leg of the tour.

* An adaption of the " Judas Contract " arc was announced in 2006 as the third DC Universe Original Animated Movie, though as of 2010 no development has been made on the project and is considered abandoned.

However, the publication society Institut zur Förderung der Israelitischen Litteratur, founded by Ludwig Philippson, had just come into existence, and it undertook the publication of the subsequent volumes, beginning with the third, which covered the period from the death of Judas Maccabeus to the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.

The Battle of Emmaus took place in 166 BC between the Hasmonean forces of Judea, led by Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabaeus, known to history as Judas the Hammer, and the third expedition of Greek forces given by Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Lysias.

Sin After Sin is the third album by British heavy metal group Judas Priest, released in 1977.

It would be much easier for Jesus to do so without attracting attention if Judas, being treasurer of the twelve, and therefore counting as third in precedence, after Jesus and Peter, were reclining in the third most honourable place, to the left of his master.

* 164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem.

So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

* 164 BC, 25 Kislev: Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem.

Here the disciples and women wait and they gave themselves up to constant prayer: " And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

* Judas Thaddaeus, son of James, one of the twelve apostles

The Gospel of John refers to Judas as " son of Simon Iscariot " ( although the biblical text only refers to him as " the son of Simon " ( Jn 6: 71, Jn 13: 26, King James Version )), implying it was not Judas, but his father, who came from there.

After Mattathias ' death about one year later in 166 BCE, his son Judas Maccabee led an army of Jewish dissidents to victory over the Seleucid dynasty in guerrilla warfare, which at first was directed against Hellenizing Jews, of whom there were many.

For example, Henry's " I know not what to say, my title's weak " ( 1. 1. 135 ), " All will revolt from me, and turn to him " ( 1. 1. 152 ), " And I with grief and sorrow to the court " ( 1. 1. 211 ), and " Revenged may she be on that hateful Duke ,/ Whose haughty spirit, wing'd with desire ,/ Will cost my crown, and like an empty eagle / Tire on the flesh of me and my son " ( 1. 1. 267 – 270 ); Exeter's " And I, I hope, shall reconcile them all " ( 1. 1. 274 ); the entirety of York's soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 4 ; Warwick's pause to get his breath during the Battle of Barnet ( 2. 3. 1 – 5 ); all of Act 2, Scene 5 ( including dialogue from Henry, the father and the son ) up to the entry of Prince Edward at line 125 ; all of Henry's monologue in Act 3, Scene 1, prior to his arrest ( ll. 13 – 54 ); Richard's entire soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 2 ( ll. 124 – 195 ); Margaret's " Ay, now begins a second storm to rise ,/ For this is he that moves both wind and tide " ( 3. 3. 47 – 48 ); Warwick's soliloquy at the end of the Act 3, Scene 3 ( ll. 257 – 268 ); Richard's " I hear, yet say not much, but think the more " ( 4. 1. 85 ) and " Not I, my thoughts aim at a further matter :/ I stay not for love of Edward but the crown " ( 141. 124 – 125 ); Warwick's " O unbid spite, is sportful Edward come " ( 5. 1. 18 ); the entirety of Richard's soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 6, after killing Henry ( ll. 61 – 93 ) and Richard's " To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master / And cried ' All hail ', whenas he meant all harm " ( 5. 7. 33 – 34 ).

The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother ; Philip and Bartholomew ; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector ; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus ; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon?

The book covers the whole of the revolt, from 175 to 134 BC, highlighting how the salvation of the Jewish people in this crisis came through Mattathias ' family, particularly his sons, Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus, and Simon Maccabaeus, and Simon's son, John Hyrcanus.

Judah Maccabee ( or Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabaeus, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, Y ' hudhah HamMakabi, Judah the Hammer ) was a Kohen and a son of the Jewish priest Mattathias.

Commander that of Judas, the Past Commander that of John ( son of Mattathias ), and the Chaplain that of Eleazar ( son of Mattathias ).

: omitted in syr < sup > s </ sup > which instead reads Judas the son of James as in Luke 6: 16 and Acts 1: 13

He was the son of Simon Maccabaeus and hence the nephew of Judas Maccabaeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus and their siblings, whose story is told in the deuterocanonical books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees, in the Talmud, and in Josephus.