Judas Maccabeus
Subtitle: rebel of Israel
By: Mark Healy ; plates by Richard Hook.
Contributors: Hook, Richard.
Series: Heroes and warriors
Publisher: Firebird Books; Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co.
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Poole, Dorset; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Judas, Maccabeus, d. 161 B.C.; Jewish soldiers -- Middle East -- Biography.; Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Description: This volume in the Heroes and Warriors series is a carefully researched account of the life and times of Judas Maccabeus which lays particular stress on the military tactics developed by these freedom fighters. Four specially commissioned color plates portray key events of the rebellion in exciting and accurate detail. Additional photographs, maps and line drawings illustrate the site, weapons and artifacts of the story.
Notes: Includes bibliography and index.