Maccabees

historical book detailing the Maccabean Revolt, found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles

2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids

dynasty of the Judean region (140–37 BCE)

thumb|The descendants of Mattathias

Mattathias ben Johanan (, Mattīṯyāhū haKōhēn ben Yōḥānān; died 166–165 BCE) was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. Mattathias's story is related in the deuterocanonical book of 1 Maccabees and in the writings of Josephus. Mattathias is accorded a central role in the story of Hanukkah and, as a result, is named in the Al HaNissim prayer Jews add to the Birkat Hamazon (grace after meals) and the Amidah during the festival's eight days.

second son of Mattathias, the first prince (r. 141–135 BCE) of the Hasmonean dynasty of the Kingdom of Judea

Leader of the Hasmonean dynasty from 161 to 143 BCE

Maccabean revolutionary

Princess

the oldest of the sons of Mattathias, and brother of Judas Maccabeus