Judah Maccabee was Scottish!

David Esan

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Dec 14, 2009, 7:36:55 PM12/14/09

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If you look at the Amazon listing for "The Kings Depart", recommended
in this group, you will find that their software has made Maccabee
into a Scottish/Irish name: MacCabbee.

http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Depart-Empire-MacCabee-Created/dp/B001NHEI8O/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260822591&sr=8-14

Joe Bruno

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Dec 15, 2009, 7:34:46 AM12/15/09

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On Dec 14, 4:36 pm, David Esan <davide...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you look at the Amazon listing for "The Kings Depart", recommended
> in this group, you will find that their software has made Maccabee
> into a Scottish/Irish name: MacCabbee.
>

> http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Depart-Empire-MacCabee-Created/dp/B001NHE...

I'm not surprised. Very few Gentiles I have spoken to have ever heard
of Judah Maccabee.
Most people who have their last name begin with "Mac" or "Mc" are of
Scottish or Irish origin,

Shakespeare's play "MacBeth" is a good example. The hero is a Scottish
lord.

Don Levey

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:56:41 AM12/15/09

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Joe Bruno wrote:
> On Dec 14, 4:36 pm, David Esan <davide...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you look at the Amazon listing for "The Kings Depart", recommended
>> in this group, you will find that their software has made Maccabee
>> into a Scottish/Irish name: MacCabbee.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Depart-Empire-MacCabee-Created/dp/B001NHE...
>
> I'm not surprised. Very few Gentiles I have spoken to have ever heard
> of Judah Maccabee.

Most every Christian I know understands the name, but that's because
their bible contains the books of Macabees.

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Fiona Abrahami

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Dec 15, 2009, 9:09:20 AM12/15/09

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"Don Levey" <Don_...@the-leveys.us> wrote

> Joe Bruno wrote:
>> David Esan <davide...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> If you look at the Amazon listing for "The Kings Depart", recommended
>>> in this group, you will find that their software has made Maccabee
>>> into a Scottish/Irish name: MacCabbee.
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Depart-Empire-MacCabee-Created/dp/B001NHE...
>>
>> I'm not surprised. Very few Gentiles I have spoken to have ever heard
>> of Judah Maccabee.
>
> Most every Christian I know understands the name, but that's because
> their bible contains the books of Macabees.

And here in the UK we've got the alt-rock/pop band The Maccabees. I've no
idea whether they know the root of their name, but I suspect they don't, and
I'm pretty sure the majority of their fans haven't got a clue where it comes
from.

www.themaccabees.co.uk

Fiona

chsw

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Dec 15, 2009, 12:33:51 PM12/15/09

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From the soccer team.

chsw

Joe Bruno

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Dec 19, 2009, 7:18:26 PM12/19/09

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On Dec 15, 6:09 am, "Fiona Abrahami"
<fiona@NO_SPAM.intxtdoc.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> "Don Levey" <Don_S...@the-leveys.us> wrote

Surveys done of Americans in the age group 12-25 indicate that many of
them don't know who George Washington was,
when the American Civil War took place, or when World War I took
place.
A man 60 years of age asked me what the First World War was all about
and who fought in it.

sheldonlg

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Dec 20, 2009, 10:27:05 AM12/20/09

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<Sigh>. Why does this bring to mind "those who choose to ignore history
are doomed to repeat it"?

Dermot Goldstein

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Dec 20, 2009, 11:47:28 AM12/20/09

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Frequently misquoted. George Santayana's original thought was:
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Joe Bruno

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Dec 21, 2009, 1:21:41 PM12/21/09

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> are doomed to repeat it"?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I don't think the ignorance is by choice in either case.The problem is
the school system and it's distorted priorities.
People simply aren't taught history anymore.

Incidentally, the quotation you posted was by the philosopher
Santayana.