{"product_id":"9781536941678","title":"The Books of I \u0026 II Maccabees - Where The Story of Hanukkah Is Found","description":"Why The Books of I \u0026amp; II Maccabees Is Important: \u003cp\u003eInterestingly, most people may not know where to find the account of the magnificent Hanukkah story. Hanukkah or \"Chanukah\" is an annual Jewish celebration in the late fall\/early winter that dates back to circa 164 BC (or the intertestamental period - between the Old and New Testaments) and was also referred to as \"Festival of Lights\" or \"Feast of the Dedication\" or \"Feast of the Maccabees.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo where can one find it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is found in the Apocrypha (meaning \"hidden things\") in I \u0026amp; II Maccabees (1 Macc 4:36-59; 2 Macc 10:1-8). This book is an excerpt from the Apocrypha and it this story to you so you may have it in either e-book, printed book, audio-book or all of the above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the Original Event:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• The Seleucid king Antiochus Ephiphanes profaned the Jewish temple by sacrificing a pig to the god Zeus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• This caused the Jews to have to leave their worship of the one true God and His required sacrifices and they were supposedly to take on Antiochus' occult rituals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• A group of Jewish confederates (Maccabees) emerged, lashed-out, and defeated the Seleucids! God gave them the victory - labeled \"a miracle.\" This was eerily similar to the 6 Day war in 1967 where that victory was declared a miracle as tiny Israel was out-manned and out-resourced)!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• When the Maccabees returned to Jerusalem to take it back over, they entered the Temple to rid it of the idols that the Syrians had set up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• They built a new alter, but the golden menorah had been stolen by the Syrians, so the Maccabean fighters made one of a lesser metal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• When they went to light it, they found only enough lamp oil for one day, but it stayed light for eight days...another miracle!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind all of this story and the details surrounding them in \"The Books of I \u0026amp; II Macabees - Where The Story of Hanukkah Is Found\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053975683312,"sku":"9781536941678","price":8.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781536941678_p0.jpg?v=1763744686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781536941678","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}