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The Maccabean revolt is presented as a minority religious rebellion whose success becomes Hanukkah.
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Maccabees
The Maccabean revolt is presented as a minority religious rebellion whose success becomes Hanukkah.
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"They'll work as officials, they'll work as artisans, they'll work as trade spewers, merchants. And so they're scattered around the Hellenistic world. And as..."
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"...the Hanukkah Festival, okay? Hanukkah. And that's a celebration of the Maccabees' revolt against the Greeks. And the reason why is the Greeks wanted..."
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"But this kingdom of the Maccabees will not last very long. Again, the problem is that Jerusalem, it is the nexus of empires. And..."
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"...rebel against the Seleucid Empire and establish the Ring of the Maccabees. But that didn't last very long because the Romans came right after..."
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