Hanukkah to Rome #12 It is a day and age when foreign rulers exert a "hard tyranny" over the land of Israel. In one little town a local Jewish priest is carrying a swine to the altar, when an elderly fellow priest named Mattathias is filled with rage, grabs a spear, and runs him through. He summons his five sons to his side and calls for a great insurrection. The Maccabean revolt is born, and a brand new holiday will commemorate it – Hanukkah! Dr. Kenneth Hanson http://drkenhanson.com/