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Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

John Selden As An Early Modern Maccabee

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

We are in the midst of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Often known as “the Festival of Lights” in reference to the basic feature of its observance – the lighting of the eight-branched candelabra – Hanukkah commemorates the events surrounding the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after a period of political oppression and forced …