#maccabee — Public Fediverse posts
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The #Hasmonean ("#Maccabee") John Hyrcannus — who inherited #Jerusalem when his brother-in-law killed his brothers and his father — forcibly converted the entire region to Judaism.
This is why the inhabitants of Idumaea (Biblical Edom) became technically Jewish.
And, astonishingly, this is why #Herod could eventually destroy Jerusalem.
This is also a bizarre connection between #Hanukkah and #Christmas...