Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Judas Maccabeus Judas Maccabeus is a Jewish patriot and most famous member of the Maccabees family. His rededication of the Temple at Jerusalem (164 b.c.) is commemorated by the feast of Hanukkah. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.