The Holy Bible, especially the sayings of Joshua ben Joseph (Jesus Christ) in the Gospels, The Book of Wisdom, Genesis, and the Book of the Maccabees I and II.
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May the LORD God bless you in the name of St. Judas Maccabaeus.
The Life of St. Judas Maccabeus PLACE OF BIRTH: Modi'in, Judea PLACE OF DEATH: Elasa (160 BC), near modern day Ramallah MILITARY SERVICE: Rebel leader and commander of the Maccabees YEARS OF SERVICE: 167-160 BC BATTLES/WARS: Revolt of the Maccabees LEGACY: Military hero, Defender of Judaism, Founder of Hanukkah PRESTIGE: One of the Nine Worthies, which include nine of the greatest Judeo-Christian warriors of all time JUDAISM: Seen as one of greatest Jewish warriors in history, alongside Joshua, Gideon and David ESTABLISHMENT: Founded the holiday of Hanukkah and the Hasmonean Dynasty of Israel
The Faith of St. Judas Maccabaeus RELIGION: Temple Judaism FAITH: Devout, traditional BIBLE: Book of the Maccabees I and II APOCRYPHA: Book of the Maccabees III, IV, and V OTHER BOOKS: Book of the Maccabees VI, VII, VIII, and the three Ethiopian books of Meqabyan TRADITION: One of the only actual Judeo-Christian heroes in history JUDAISM: Founder of the festival of Hanukkah (Dedication), an official holiday of Judaism CHRISTIANITY: Considered a Saint residing in the Christian Kingdom of Heaven RECOGNITION: Honored by Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian and Coptic Christianity CHURCHES: I. St. Mary and St. Shmuni Church, in Sinstorf (Hamburg, Germany), II. Chapel of the Maccabees, in Saint-Pierre, (Geneva, Switzerland), III. St. Maccabees Church, in Cologne, (Germany), IV. Church of St. Maccabees Brothers in Lady, (Poland)
Ancestry of St. Judas Maccabaeus ROYAL LINE: Hasmonean Dynasty TRIBE OF ISRAEL: Levi FAMILY HOUSE: House of Asamoneus PRIESTHOOD: Seven Watchtowers of Joarib FATHER: Mattathias the Hasmonean BIRTH ORDER: 3rd-born Son BROTHERS: John Gaddis, Simon Thassi, Eleazar Avaran, Jonathan Apphus (By Birth Order) FAMILY TOMB: Modi'in, Israel
Various Names of St. Judas Maccabaeus STANDARD: Judas Maccabeus, Judas Maccabaeus TITLE: The Hammer, the Hammer of God, the Hammerer JEWISH: Judah Maccabee, Judah the Maccabee YIDDISH: Yehudah HaMakabi LITERAL ENGLISH: Judah the Hammer HEBREW: יהודה המכבי ORIGIN: From the Aramaic 'maqqabba', or 'makebet' in modern Hebrew ALTERNATIVE SPELLINGS: Machabeus, Maccabeus,
The Eternal Laws of St. Judas Maccabaeus GOD: I. You will accept death over idolatry. LIFE: II. You will accept death over murder. SEXUALITY: III. You will accept death over sexual perversion.
St. Judas Maccabaeus in Literature Old English Homilies on The Maccabees, by Aelfric (c. 1000) edited by Stuart D. Lee El Maccabeo, by Miguel de Silveyra. (Naples, 1638) La chevalerie de Judas Macabe, by Pierre du Ryer (1600-1658) Judas Machabaeus, (Rome 1695) Judas Makkabaeus, by Josef Eduard Konrad Bischoff (Germany 1885) The Hammer, by Alfred J. Church and Richmond Seeley (1890) Alilot Gibbor ha-Yehudim Yehudah ha-Makkabi le-Veit ha-Hashmona'im, by Jacob Benjamin Katznelson (1922) Judas Makkabaeus, ein Kleinvolk kaempft um Glaube und Heimat, by Karl Boxler (1943) My Glorious Brothers, by Howard Fast (1948) Yehudah ha-Makkabi in A Layter tsu der Zun, by Moses Schulstein (1954) Yehudah ha-Makkabi in Sippurim le-Mofet, by Jacob Fichmann (1954)
St. Judas Maccabaeus in Theatre Judas Maccabeaus, by William Houghton (1601) Giuda Maccabeo, ossia la morte di Nicanore, an Oratorio adapted by Vallicella (1839) Judas Maccabaeus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872)
St. Judas Maccabaeus in Art The illustrated manuscript Libri Maccabaeorum (900s AD) Josephus, illustrations by Jean Fouquet Chapel of the Dead, in Tournai Cathedral, by Rubens Illustrated English Bible, illustrated by Paul Gustave Dore Nine Heroes Tapestries, at the Metropolitan Museum (South Netherlandish, ca. 1400-1410) The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, by Gerrit van Honthorst
St. Judas Maccabaeus in Music Judas Maccabaeus, an Oratorio, by George Frideric Handel (1746) Song of Judas Maccabeus Before the Battle of Maspha, by Rebekah Hyneman (1816-1875) The Battle-Cry of the South, by James R. Randall (1860s)
St. Judas Maccabaeus Briefly Mentioned in... The classic saga called the Divine Comedy, by Dante The classic play called Love's Labour's Lost, by Shakespeare The song Hanukkah in Santa Monica, by Tom Lehrer The song Jerusalem, by Mirah The book Treatise on Twelve Lights, Ch. 5 (Recourse to the Sword), by Robert Struble (2007-08)
May the LORD God Bless you in the name of St. Judas Maccabaeus.
SOURCE(S): - Judas Maccabaeus, Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus), Judas Maccabaeus on the web, by Tim Spalding. (http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/maccabeus/), Books of the Maccabees, Wikipedia.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_the_Maccabees), Category: Holy Maccabees Churches, Wikimedia. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Holy_Maccabees_churches)
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