Difference between revisions of "Judas Maccabæus"
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73286" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73286" /> == | ||
<p> Ju'das Maccabae'us. See [[Maccabees]]. </p> | <p> '''Ju'das Maccabae'us.''' ''See '' [[Maccabees]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75173" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75173" /> == | ||
<p> A son of [[Mattathias]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), who succeeded his father in the leadership of the [[Jews]] against the [[Syrians]] in the war of the Maccabees, and who gave name to the movement, a man of chivalric temper, great energy, firm determination, dauntless courage, and powerful physique; who, with the elect of his countrymen of kindred spirit encountered and overthrew the Syrians in successive engagements, till before a great muster of the foe his little army was overwhelmed and himself slain in 160 B.C. See | <p> A son of [[Mattathias]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), who succeeded his father in the leadership of the [[Jews]] against the [[Syrians]] in the war of the Maccabees, and who gave name to the movement, a man of chivalric temper, great energy, firm determination, dauntless courage, and powerful physique; who, with the elect of his countrymen of kindred spirit encountered and overthrew the Syrians in successive engagements, till before a great muster of the foe his little army was overwhelmed and himself slain in 160 B.C. See Maccabees . </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 15 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ju'das Maccabae'us. See Maccabees .
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A son of Mattathias ( q. v .), who succeeded his father in the leadership of the Jews against the Syrians in the war of the Maccabees, and who gave name to the movement, a man of chivalric temper, great energy, firm determination, dauntless courage, and powerful physique; who, with the elect of his countrymen of kindred spirit encountered and overthrew the Syrians in successive engagements, till before a great muster of the foe his little army was overwhelmed and himself slain in 160 B.C. See Maccabees .
