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Mountain of
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66. Modeim, today Moditha, the place of origin of the Maccabeans - (al-Midiyah) |
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Modeim (1 Mac 2:1), village near Diospolis, whence the Maccabeans came, whose tombs are shown there to this very day. Therefore I wonder not a little how their relics can be shown in Antioch, and on whose authority this (tradition) has come to be credited. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 132:16-17; Jerome 133:17-19) |
Photo: Byzantine tombs near al-Midiyah (Qubur al-Yahud) credited as the tombs of the Maccabees. |
