Hebrew Voices #135 – Pagan Origins of Hanukkah?

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Hi Nehemia, Why are there only accounts after 200 CE if the dedication of the temple happened 200 or less BCE? If the Rabbis invented the holiday around 200 CE, why is it mentioned in John’s Gospel? I was very surprised that there were no mentions of the holiday before the CE, according to Dr. Paul. It does not bother me that the holiday was added for the Jewish people, but I did believe it was to celebrate the dedication of the temple after it was desecrated around 200 BCE.

Our ancestors were ‘ pagans ‘. Then, the globalists pushed monotheism in their efforts to facilitate their imperial rule by terrorizing all who refused to submit to their centralization of spiritual authority. Fairytales are how leadership structures have always controlled the dumb masses. Real men dont believe in fairytales.

I’ve heard many times about the Bible supposedly “borrowing” flood accounts from pagan sources I think for both those, and the light holidays extant in other cultures, it was kind of the other way around, i.e., these were distorted reiterations of ancient truths, imparted by Yehovah, long before the Bible itself was written down. The dispelling of darkness via light is a very biblical theme. Also, back in the days before electricity, the short, dark days were limiting and dangerous. So, the return of longer days, when you could see what you were doing, with less risk of accidents or encounters with wild animals due to going out in the dark, was probably a great cause to celebrate in many cultures.

“A Feast Of Dedication.” Our bodies are temples. Our “alters” are our hearts. There’s nothing pagen about it. We have 8 days to to focus on cleansing & redededicating our life, our dwellings, our relationships & our resolve to YHVH. The heart will be weighed in the balance. I highly respect your work, however the title of this video, in my opinion, wasn’t the best choice.

2 Chronicles 7:9
“And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.”

King James Version (KJV)

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John 10:22
“And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.”

King James Version (KJV)

Have you considered the oil and 8 days are a parable of the Hasmonean dynasty? My son has a video teaching on this if interested.

Yehoshua went to Yerushalayim in the book Of John (Yehohanan) for Hanukkah.

Listen to this made me wonder, when in the history of Israel did Rabbis begin teaching?
Your guest referred several times to the idea that the Rabbis saw that the Jewish people needed a holiday to celebrate, so they instituted one.
Who would the earliest rabbis be? Abraham?, the judges?, the early priests?
Always enjoy what you present, and that you look at diverse ideas to see how they mesh with scripture.