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Mattathias
Sign in to saveMattathias 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.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Mattathias
- Monarch.image
- Mattathias medal.svg
- Monarch.caption
- An imaginary depiction of Mattathias from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (1553)
- Monarch.succession
- Leader of the Maccabees
- Monarch.reign
- 167-166 BCE
- Monarch.predecessor
- Revolt Started
- Monarch.successor
- Judas Maccabeus
- Monarch.dynasty
- Hasmonean
- Monarch.issue
- Judas Maccabeus Eleazar AvaranSimon Thassi John Gaddi Jonathan Apphus
- Monarch.father
- John, son of Simeon
- Monarch.birth_place
- Judea
- Monarch.death_date
- 166 BCE
- Monarch.religion
- Judaism
- Monarch.burial_place
- Modi'in
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seleucid Empire
- Child
- Judah Maccabee
- Occupation
- kohen
- Image
- Mattathias medal.svg
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- Commons category
- Mattathias
- date of death
- 0166-01-01
- date of birth
- 0200-00-00
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- First Stage of the Rebellion
- Contribution to Religious Law
- Context
- In literature and liturgy
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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.
==History== thumb|Mattathias appealing to Jewish refugees (illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible)
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