Encyclopaedia Britannica's own explainer on the origin of Hanukkah, documenting Judas Maccabeus's capture, cleansing and rededication of the Second Temple on 25 Kislev, 164 BCE, three years after Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrated it, and the eight day festival the rededication established.
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An established general encyclopedia, tier 2, used here for the 25 Kislev dating and the festival's origin, corroborated by Bible Odyssey's own scholarly account above. NotesUsed for the 25 Kislev, 164 BCE dating of the Temple's rededication and its establishment of the eight day Hanukkah festival.
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This source names Antiochus IV directly: "25 Kislev, 164 BCE, three years after Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrated it, and the eight day festival the rededication established."
Source What Is the Origin of Hanukkah? (Encyclopaedia Britannica)
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