RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Judas Maccabeus

200 BC - 160 BC

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Judas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus ( MAK-ə-BEE-əs), also known as Judah Maccabee (Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, romanized: Yehudah HaMakabi), was a Jewish priest (kohen) and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BC). The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BC after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judas Maccabeus is the 439th most popular religious figure (down from 279th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Israel (down from 41st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Judas Maccabeus is most famous for leading the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BC.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Judas Maccabeus ranks 439 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Benedict VI, Pope Stephen VI, Maria Branyas, Pope Vitalian, Pope Sabinian, and Habakkuk. After him are Pope John V, Abd Allah ibn Abbas, Sathya Sai Baba, Gregory the Illuminator, Pope John XVIII, and Pope Zephyrinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Judas Maccabeus ranks 3. Before him are Patanjali, and Kanada. After him are Simon Thassi, Zhang Qian, Lentulus Batiatus, Mithridates V of Pontus, Mattathias, Jonathan Apphus, John Hyrcanus, Gaius Claudius Glaber, and Aristobulus I. Among people deceased in 160 BC, Judas Maccabeus ranks 3. Before him are Kanada, and Manetho. After him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Hasdrubal the Boetharch, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Lucius Gellius Publicola, Nicomedes III of Bithynia, Nicomedes II of Bithynia, Apollonius of Tralles, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus, and Agathokleia.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Judas Maccabeus ranks 50 out of 466. Before him are Jeroboam (-1000), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), William of Tyre (1130), Hezekiah (-800), and Simeon (null). After him are Daniel Kahneman (1934), Amos Oz (1939), Dinah (-1700), Herodias (-100), Barabbas (1), and Ada Yonath (1939).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Judas Maccabeus ranks 29. Before him are Joachim (-100), Ahmed Yassin (1937), Joseph of Arimathea (100), Joel (-1), Nehemiah (-490), and Simeon (null). After him are Barabbas (1), Haggai (-550), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Rabbi Akiva (50), Annas (-22), and Nicodemus (-50).

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