My Glorious Brothers

Description:

Simon, the oldest of five brothers, chronicles the transformation from farmers to soldiers of the five Maccabee brothers and of their struggle for freedom against the Syrian-Greek conquerers of Judea, in a historical novel that recreates the events celebrated by Jews during the holiday of Hanukkah.

subjects: Fiction,  Jews,  History,  Kings and rulers,  Jews, fiction,  Fiction, general,  Maccabees,  Jewish fiction,  Fiction, jewish

People: Judas Maccabeus (d. 161 B.C.),  Judas Maccabeus (d. 161 B.C),  Judas Maccabeus (d. 160 B.C)

Times: 586 B.C.-70 A.D.