Is Hanukkah only found in Maccabees?

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i am wondering because i know some Messianic Christians that only celebrate ‘biblical’ holidays but don’t consider Maccabees sacred scripture per the reformation, so i’m thinking it really isn’t a ‘biblical’ holiday for them after all…
 
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i am wondering because i know some Messianic Christians that only celebrate ‘biblical’ holidays but don’t consider Maccabees sacred scripture per the reformation, so i’m thinking it really isn’t a ‘biblical’ holiday for them after all…
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That’s funny-- if it’s good enough for Jesus to celebrate, it should carry some weight. From the Navarre Bible Commentary on John:
John 10:22-24
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**Jesus and the Father are One
**[22] It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem; [23] it was
winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of
Solomon. [24]
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Commentary on Verse 22:
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  1. This feast commemorates an episode in Jewish history (cf. 1
    Maccabees 4:36-59; 2 Maccabees 1-2:19; 10:1-8) when Judas Maccabeus, in
    the year 165 B.C., after liberating Jerusalem from the control of the
    Seleucid kings of Syria, cleansed the temple of the profanations of
    Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees 1:54). From then onwards, on the
    twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev (November-December) and
    throughout the following week, all Judea celebrated the anniversary of
    the dedication of the new altar. It was also known as the “Festival of
    Lights” because it was customary to light lamps, a symbol of the Law,
    and put them in the windows of the houses (cf. 2 Maccabees 1:18).
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i wasn’t downing Hanukkah, I was trying to make a point about Maccabbees, but as you showed it is in John so my point is not going to work here;)
 
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spacecadet:
i am wondering because i know some Messianic Christians that only celebrate ‘biblical’ holidays but don’t consider Maccabees sacred scripture per the reformation, so i’m thinking it really isn’t a ‘biblical’ holiday for them after all…
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I studied under a Messianic Rabbi for two years and he said that the Feast of the Dedication mentioned in John 10:22 was Hannakah. So many mennorahs were lit that you could see Jerusalem look like it was “lit up” from far off.

If you do a google of Feast of Dedication, it will give you sites for Hannakah.

Another point, the Book of Maccabees WAS IN the Hellenic Jews Bible, per Catholicism for Dummies.
 
Sounds like a good argument for including the deutero-canonical books in the canon of the Bible. :rolleyes:
 
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