Hanukkah

1 Maccabees 4.59
Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness. 		John 10.22
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 		The feast of the dediction mentioned in John’s gospel was instituted during the time of Judas Maccabeus (164 B.C.). It was celebrated in Chislev, which fell in November/December. The feast’s modern name is Hanukkah
Borrowed from the Site References to the “Septuagint Plus” in the New Testament

The Feast of Dedication of the Temple is called "The Dedication of the Altar" in 1 Maccabees 4:52-59. Josephus called it "The Feast of Lights." (Antiquities XII 7,7).

  • Old Testament References in 1 Maccabees 4 and 2 Maccabees 9-10
  • Got problems with the Deutercanonicals (called Apocryphals by some) - then read
    1. Defending the Deuterocanonicals
    2. Early Church Fathers on the Old Testament Canon

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