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   HAPPY HANUKKAH AND MERRY CHRISTMAS? : PART 1   
      
   Copyright 1994-2010 Endtime Prophecy Net   
      
   Published On : December 11, 2010   
      
   Last Updated : December 11, 2010   
      
      
   Maccabean Revolts Seleucid Kings And Antiochus IV Epiphanes,   
   Jerusalem Conquered, Temple Defiled And Forced Pagan Worship,   
   The Abomination Of Desolation, Conflict Between The Maccabees   
   Interpretation & Jesus' Words In The Gospels, Destruction Of   
   Jerusalem And Temple In 70 AD By General Titus, Moving Back   
   Time Of Jesus' Life, Incomplete Unclear Historical Records,   
   Debates Amongst Historians, Historians Don't Know Everything,   
   Contributing Factors To Difficulty In Understanding History,   
   Mattathias And The Hasmonean Dynasty, The Maccabees Brothers,   
   Herodean Dynasty Assumes Power Under Roman Rule, Esau & Edom,   
   Jewish Hanukkah - Festival Of Lights - Established In Israel,   
   Alexander The Great, Seleucus Nicator, Seleucids And Syrians,   
   No Mention Of Hanukkah Miracle In The Bible Or In Maccabees,   
   Usages Of Word "Chanukkah", Or Dedication, In Old Testament   
      
      
   HAPPY HANUKKAH AND MERRY CHRISTMAS? : PART 2   
      
   Books Of Maccabees Not Accepted As Part Of Christian Bible,   
   Books Of Maccabees Not Accepted As Part Of The Hebrew Bible,   
   The Apocrypha, Where Did The Miracle Of Hanukkah Originate?   
   Talmud Mishnah & Gemara, Did Rabbis Invent Hanukkah Miracle?,   
   Hanukkah Miracle Only Mentioned In Gemara Tractate Shabbat,   
   Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War And Antiquities Of The Jews,   
   Josephus' Account Of Festival Of Lights: No Miracle Mentioned,   
   Angelic Visitations And Divine Miracles Throughout The Bible,   
   Scroll Of Antiochus, Inconsistencies And Historical Errors In   
   Megillat Antiochus, Recap Of Problems With The Miracle Story,   
   Jewish Fables, Why Would Rabbis Invent the Hanukkah Miracle?   
   Birth Of Roman Catholic Church, Unbelieving Jews Persecute   
   Early Christians, Gulf Grows Between The Jews & Christians,   
   Jews Forced Out Of Rome By Emperor Claudius While Christians   
   Grow In Influence, Christians Compromise With Rome & Emperor   
   Constantine, Nascent Roman Catholic Church Begins To Exert   
   Its Power And Influence, RCC "Christianizes" Pagan Beliefs,   
   Saturnalia Festival - Winter Solstice - Christmas Compromise,   
   Jesus Not Born On December 25th, Winter Weather in Bethlehem,   
   Jerusalem And the Temple Destroyed, Jews Led Captive To Other   
   Nations By Romans, Was Hanukkah Miracle Inserted Into Gemara   
   To Raise Jewish Morale And To Compete With Saturnalia And The   
   Christian Christmas Celebration?, My Theory, Closing Remarks   
      
      
      
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