The Maccabean Revolt

Question 1

Matthais

Answer 1

a priest who kills a volunteer and an officer for giving in to the king’s decrees runs away to the mountains, people follow him

Question 2

Judas (Maccabeus)

Answer 2

takes over after death of Mattathias, after a few years of guerilla warfare, takes control of temple in Jerusalem

Question 3

164 BCE

Answer 3

re-dedication and purification of the temple (aka Hannukah)

Question 4

142 BCE

Answer 4

Jews in Judea are no longer forced to pay tribute to the Seleucid leadership in Syria

Question 5

beginning of Hasmonean period

Answer 5

Jewish autonomous rule over Judea, free of Greek influence/military presence

Question 6

two brothers want control over Hasmonean kingdom, and both go to as a Roman general for help

Answer 6

in lieu of aiding one side or the other, the Romans occupy Judea and annex it into the Roman empire

Question 7

63 BCE

Answer 7

Jewish autonomy is gone, a Hasmonean ruler is placed as governor by the Romans