Maccabean Revolt

Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE

Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE

ancient fortress in Jerusalem

The Hasideans (, Hasidim ha-Rishonim, Greek Ἁσιδαῖοι or Asidaioi, also transcribed as Hasidaeans and Assideans) were a Jewish group during the Maccabean Revolt that took place from around 167–142 BCE. The Hasideans are mentioned three times in the books of the Maccabees, the main contemporary sources from the period. According to the book 1 Maccabees, during the early phases of the anti-Jewish decrees and persecution proclaimed by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, some Hasideans joined up with Mattathias the Hasmonean as he marshalled forces and allies for his rebellion (~167–166 BCE).