Mattathias soon dies, but appoints his son, Judas Maccabeus, to take command of the military forces they have gathered (2:66). Judas leads the Jewish people in a series of astounding victories ...

“Amid the California flora, I’ll be lighting my menorah. “Here’s to Judas Maccabeus, Boy, if he could only see us.” Yes, Tom Lehrer, the singing and piano playing master satirist of ...

Joshua and Judas Maccabeus. The three others are Queen Elizabeth I, Christ and St Peter. The concept of the Worthies has a wider European context - they were a literary and artistic subject in ...

The American writer, Isaac Asimov, once said, “No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.” This quote ...