Series
Summary
Journey to Palestine of the second century B.C., where Antiochus, a Syrian-Greek king, rules over the people of Israel, confronting them with a trying test of their faith. They must bow down and accept the Greek gods or die! Some submit but not the Maccabees, a small group true to the faith of their... Full description
- Historical perspective
- Greek culture spreads across Jerusalem
- Judah escorts Mora to the temple
- King Antiochus' new statue for the temple
- Jews are forced to accept the Greek gods or perish
- King Antiochus erects his statue in the temple
- The Jews are forced into hiding
- Judah prepares the Jews to defend themselves
- "The longing of my heart"
- Huron returns to the Jews
- The Jews battle the Greek army
- The Jews rededicate the temple.