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Noun: I Maccabees
  1. An Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus, tells how the Greek ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to suppress the practice of basic Jewish law, resulting in a Jewish revolt against Seleucid rule
    - 1 Maccabees

Type of: book

Part of: Apocrypha

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