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Judas Maccabaeus
(died
161 BC
) was a
Jewish
leader who led a revolt in
Judea
agaist the
Seleucid
king,
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
, from around
167 BC
. He thus recovered
Jerusalem
, dedicated the
Temple
anew, and protected
Judaism
from
Hellenization
.