Judas Maccabeus
Judas Maccabeus was a priest who led the revolt against the Seleucid Empire in Israel in the second century BC.
When the Old Testament closes, the people of Israel have returned from the Babylonian Exile, and the work of rebuilding has begun. Under Nehemiah, the wall of Jerusalem is rebuilt. Ezra begins to call the people back to devotion to Yahweh. The temple has also been rebuilt, although it does not compare favorably to the splendor of Solomon’s temple (Ezra 5). In the time of Malachi, the last prophet in the Old Testament, the temple is functioning again with sacrifices being offered, although the people were not zealous for the Lord and were offering blemished animals.
When the Old Testament closes, the people of Israel have returned from the Babylonian Exile, and the work of rebuilding has begun. Under Nehemiah, the wall of Jerusalem is rebuilt. Ezra begins to call the people back to devotion to Yahweh. The temple has also been rebuilt, although it does not compare favorably to the splendor of Solomon’s temple (Ezra 5). In the time of Malachi, the last prophet in the Old Testament, the temple is functioning again with sacrifices being offered, although the people were not zealous for the Lord and were offering blemished animals.