Year 167 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paetus and Pennus (or, less frequently, year 587 Ab urbe condita).

Seleucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes launched a massive campaign of repression against the Jewish religion in 168 BCE. The reason he did so is not entirely clear, but it seems to have …

Oct 29, 2015 · In 198 BCE, all of the goodwill of the Jewish community towards the governing body turned to hatred as the Seleucid Empire defeated the Ptolemies, taking control of all …

Jul 30, 2014 · In 167 BCE the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes (reign from 175–164 BCE) ordered the religious persecution of the Jews living in the satrapy of Coele Syria and …

Jan 4, 2022 · The Maccabean Revolt was a Jewish rebellion against their Greek/Syrian oppressors in Israel, c. 167—160 BC, as well as a rejection of Hellenistic compromises in …

Mattathias was a Jewish priest and landowner of Modein, near Jerusalem, who in 167 defied the decree of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of Syria to Hellenize the Jews; he fled to the Judaean hills …

Maccabees , (fl. 2nd century bc) Priestly family of Jews who organized a successful rebellion against Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Palestine and reconsecrated the defiled Temple of Jerusalem.

Aug 21, 2021 · Although Judas is arguably the best-known figure of the Maccabean Revolt, it was his father, Mattathias, who initiated the revolt in 167 BC. Mattathias was an old Jewish priest …

Sep 21, 2021 · From 168 to 140 BC, Judaea, now known as Israel, was in full revolt against the Greek-Seleucid Dynasty that ruled over the region. The rebellion was primarily a response by …

To understand this revolt, one needs to know what happened between the history recorded in the biblical account and these events circa 167 BC.