Maccabean Revolt, The: The History and Legacy of the Jewish Uprising against the Seleucid Empire that Restored Judea’s Religious Freedom, Charles River Editors
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Maccabean Revolt, The: The History and Legacy of the Jewish Uprising against the Seleucid Empire that Restored Judea’s Religious Freedom

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Bill Hare

Unabridged: 1 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Published: 03/04/2020

Genre: History - Middle East - Israel

Synopsis

For nearly two centuries, the Jews and Greeks of the region were able to live in relative peace. The Seleucid rulers allowed the Jews to practice their religion unmolested, and many of the Jews adopted aspects of Hellenism in order to ingratiate themselves with the rulers. Eventually, though, a number of factors led to a Jewish revolt against Seleucid rule that started in 167 BCE and came to be known as the Maccabean Revolt.

The uprising came about as the result of a growing sense of Jewish identity and a sort of proto-nationalism that viewed the Seleucids as enemy occupiers of the Holy Land. On the other side, the Seleucid King Antiochus IV (r. 175-164 BCE) viewed the Jews with suspicion due to their often insular nature and unwillingness to accept Hellenism. These attitudes collided, leading to the Maccabean Revolt.

The Maccabean Revolt never clearly ended, so historians continue to debate the timeline, but as it dragged on for some time, it evolved from an independence movement into a war of Jewish conquest. Judea’s sovereignty and temple worship were restored in Jerusalem, but as their luck would have it, the Jewish nation wouldn’t last long due to the rise of Rome. Nevertheless, the revolt had permanent effects on Jewish culture and identity, the Bible, the celebration of Hanukkah, and the geopolitical situation in the ancient Near East.

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