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- noun Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)
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The drama was called Judas Maccabaeus, in compliment to the Prince.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The drama was called Judas Maccabaeus, in compliment to the Prince.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The drama was called Judas Maccabaeus, in compliment to the Prince.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The concert will include Handel's overture to his opera "Judas Maccabaeus," Bizet's L'Arlesienne "Suite No. 1" and Michael Torke's "Purple."
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Handel took as a symbolic subject Judas Maccabaeus' triumph 166-161 B.C. over the Hellenizing schemes of Antiochus IV.
Robert J. Elisberg: You Can't Handel the Truth: A Holiday Tradition Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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Handel took as a symbolic subject Judas Maccabaeus' triumph 166-161 B.C. over the Hellenizing schemes of Antiochus IV.
Robert J. Elisberg: You Can't Handel The Truth: A Holiday Tradition Robert J. Elisberg 2010
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However, the events of the Jacobite rising inspired a series of militaristic oratorios, beginning in 1746 with the patriotic Occasional Oratorio, hastily compiled from existing works, followed by Judas Maccabaeus 1747, and continuing in 1748 with a sequel to Judas, Alexander Balus, and Joshua.
Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009
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Handel took as a symbolic subject Judas Maccabaeus 'triumph (166-161 B.C.) over the Hellenizing schemes of Antiochus IV.
Robert J. Elisberg: You Can't Handel the Truth: A Holiday Tradition 2009
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Concerning the two books of Chronicles I have nothing particular or important to remark, except that they were certainly written after the time of Ezra, and possibly after the restoration of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus 19.
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Judas Maccabaeus; this swain, because of his great limb or joint, shall pass Pompey the Great; the page, Hercules, —
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