Who is Judas Maccabeus and what did he do?
Judas Maccabeus, also called Judah Maccabee, Maccabeus also spelled Maccabaeus, (died 161/160 bce), Jewish guerrilla leader who defended his country from invasion by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes, preventing the imposition of Hellenism upon Judaea, and preserving the Jewish religion. What does Judas nickname Maccabeus mean? Third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean priest of…