I don’t think Maccabee was mythological. He forcefully converted a lot of different ethnic groups into Judaism. Ironically, I would argue he was a giant step for a Palestinian identity as what do all these “Jews” get called when they convert to Christianity in Roman Palestine?
I don’t think Maccabee was mythological. He forcefully converted a lot of different ethnic groups into Judaism. Ironically, I would argue he was a giant step for a Palestinian identity as what do all these “Jews” get called when they convert to Christianity in Roman Palestine?