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Maccabees, Books of
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Maccabees, Books of. Four Books, so called after the hero of the first two,
Judas Maccabaeus, are found in some MSS of the
Septuagint. The first three are included in the
Canon of the E. Church, and the first two in that of the RC Church and the
Apocrypha of (non-RC) English Bibles. 1 Macc. is a history of the Jews from the accession of
Antiochus Epiphanes (175 BC) to the death of Simon Maccabaeus in 135 BC. It describes the desecration of the
Temple and the resistance of Mattathias and his sons. Written probably
c.100 BC, it is a primary source for the period. 2 Macc. covers the history of the Maccabaen wars from 176 to 161 BC, ending with Judas Maccabaeus' victory over Nicanor. It is an epitome of a larger work and appears to have been written before 63 BC. 3 Macc. describes the attempt of Ptolemy IV to enter the Sanctuary of the Temple (217 BC), his frustration, and his attempt to take vengeance on the Jews of Egypt. Written between 100 BC and 70 AD, it is probably thus named on the analogy of the events described with those of the Maccabaean period. 4 Macc. is a philosophical treatise on the supremacy of devout reason over the passions, illustrated by examples from the history of the Maccabees.
The Books contain important teaching on
immortality (2 Macc. 7: 9 and 23 and 4 Macc.) and on prayers for the
dead (2 Macc. 12: 43–5).
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1 Maccabees
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The Books of the Maccabees: History, Theology, Ideology; Papers of the Second International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Pápa, Hungary, 9-11 June, 2005
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Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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An Archeological Find Is Not Tomb of Maccabees
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/25/1995; 700+ words
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History of a 'macabre' Chanukah tale: Martyrdom of Maccabees ensured their story would be preserved by the Catholic Church.
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 12/15/2000; ; 700+ words
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The Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People: A Study of 2 and 4 Maccabees
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
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'MACCABEES' Debuts at the Jewish Children's Museum.
PR Newswire; 11/21/2006; 700+ words
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Maccabees
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Maccabees two books included in the Septuagint and placed as the...the Apocrypha in Protestant Bibles. First and Second Maccabees are both historical narratives. First Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew and is usually dated...
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Maccabees, Books of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...the Protestant Apocrypha . Maccabees I and II are modelled on the...the Jewish dynasty of the Maccabees. In 165 bc, Judas Maccabee led a revolt against the Seleucid...resistance to Syrian domination. Maccabees III and IV are Pseudepigrapha...
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Maccabee
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Maccabee a member or supporter of a Jewish family...167 bc, as recorded in the Books of the Maccabees (see below). The term is occasionally...Methodists is recorded by John Wesley. The Maccabees are four books of Jewish history and theology...
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Judah the Maccabee
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Judah the Maccabee (2nd cent. BCE). Jewish warrior. Judah Maccabee was the third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean , who led the revolt against the rule of Antiochus Epiphanes in Erez Israel . The story of his campaigns is told in the Books of Maccabees .
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Maccabees, books of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Maccabees, books of Four books recording the struggle of loyalist Jews against...which is inappropriately named, since it is not concerned with the Maccabees but is a fictitious work compiled by a Jew in Alexandria at about the...
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