The Real Story Of Chanukah - Topography and Psychology

For most people the story of Chanukah consists of the Mattathais who first killed a Jew who bowed down to an idol, after which he killed a Greek soldier. The Jews flee and Judah becomes their leader as they fight and overcome the Greek Army, take back the temple, light the menorah and reestablish the Temple service. ….. The Real Story of Chanukah is dramatically more involved than this. Over the thirty five year period that Matthathais’ sons-Judah, Eleazar and Simon led the Jewish people they fought seven battles. In total 40,000 Jewish soldiers fought against over a total of 350,000 Greek soldiers led by seven different generals across the northern part of current day Israel and Jordan. In most battles the results were miraculous but they were heavily impacted by the leadership of Judah, his battlefield strategies, the mindset of the Jewish soldiers and the topography on which they fought. The dynamic interaction of these factors is the focus of The Real Story Of Chanukah which literally transports the reader back in time over 2000 years ago to better understand the realities of the situation that existed then.