You are hereHomeBARMarch/April 2014Modi’in: Hometown of the Maccabees In the Onomasticon of Eusebius it is mentioned that “Modiin is a village of Lod”; Eusebius, Das Onomastikon, p. 132. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.