• 1 Maccabees, also known as the First Book of Maccabees, First Maccabees, and abbreviated as 1 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which details the history...
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    The Maccabees (/ˈmækəbiːz/), also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: מַכַּבִּים, Makkabbīm or מַקַבִּים, Maqabbīm; Latin: Machabaei or Maccabaei; Ancient Greek:...
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  • The Books of the Maccabees or the Sefer HaMakabim (the Book of the Maccabees) recount the history of the Maccabees, the leaders of the Jewish rebellion...
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  • 2 Maccabees, also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution...
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    Maccabean Revolt (Hebrew: מרד החשמונאים) was a Jewish rebellion led by the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire and against Hellenistic influence on Jewish...
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    4 Maccabees, also called the Fourth Book of Maccabees and possibly originally known as On the Sovereignty of Reason, is a book written in Koine Greek...
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  • Meqabyan (redirect from Ethiopian Maccabees)
    transliterated as Makabian or Mäqabeyan), also referred to as Ethiopian Maccabees and Ethiopic Maccabees, are three books found only in the Ethiopian Orthodox Old Testament...
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  • The book 2 Maccabees contains 15 chapters. It is a deuterocanonical book originally written in Greek that is part of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and...
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  • 3 Maccabees, also called the Third Book of Maccabees, is a book written in Koine Greek, likely in the 1st century BC in either the late Ptolemaic period...
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    Book of Enoch (redirect from 1 Enoch)
    Verse 13 can be found in 1 Maccabees iii 7; vi. 52; v.; 2 Maccabees vi. 8 sqq., 13, 14; 1 Maccabees vii 41, 42; and 2 Maccabees x v, 8 sqq. Maccabeus was...
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    The Maccabees are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in London. They released four albums: Colour It In in 2007, followed by Wall of Arms in 2009...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: 1 Maccabees Hanukkah (/ˈhɑːnəkə/; חֲנֻכָּה‎ Ḥănukkā listen) is a Jewish festival commemorating the...
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    near the modern city of Modi'in, Israel. First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership...
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  • Bible, 2 Maccabees 5:1, footnote. "168 BCE" New American Bible, 1 Maccabees 1:54, footnote. Psalms 48:1–2; 50:2 New American Bible, 1 Maccabees 10:21, footnote...
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  • John Gaddi (category People in the books of the Maccabees)
    but it appears to be largely paraphrasing 1 Maccabees, Josephus's main source for the period. 1 Maccabees introduces Mattathias and his sons in chapter...
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  • Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch chapter 6) Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus) 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Wisdom Greek additions to Esther Greek additions to Daniel Canonical...
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    Bible Society. Retrieved 9 June 2017. 1 Maccabees 6:20 1 Maccabees 7:1 1 Maccabees 9:3 1 Maccabees 9:54 2 Maccabees 14:4 Balz, Horst Robert; Schneider,...
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    transition. The Maccabees were able to capture Jerusalem soon after. The Battle of Beth Zur is recorded in the books of 1 Maccabees (1 Maccabees 4:26–35), 2...
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  • contains similarities to the vocabulary in the Book of Daniel and II Maccabees, and it is presumed that the authors came either from Lower Egypt or Palestine...
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  • Ezekiel 30:5 1 Maccabees 8:8 Acts 16:9–10 "Acts 28 BSB". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14. Ezekiel 38:5 1 Kings 13:32 1 Kings 22:51 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles...
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  • Edition place First and Second Maccabees after Malachi; other Catholic translations place them after Esther. 1 Maccabees is hypothesized by most scholars...
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    additions to Esther, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, i.e. all of the Deuterocanonical books plus 3 Maccabees and 1 Esdras. Some editions...
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  • החיצוני) 2 Esdras (חזון עזרא) 1 Maccabees ('ספר מכבים א) 2 Maccabees (ספר מכבים ב׳) 3 Maccabees (ספר מכבים ג׳) 4 Maccabees (ספר מכבים ד׳) Additions to the...
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    Goodman (2010), pp. 60–67. 2 Maccabees, 4:7–9 2 Maccabees, 4:23,26 Schiffman (1991), pp. 73–74. 2 Maccabees, 5:1 1 Maccabees, 1:16–19 Schäfer (2003), pp....
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    Maccabees (1 Maccabees 3:38–4:25), 2 Maccabees (2 Maccabees 8:8–8:36), and Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews Book 12. In general, the account in 1 Maccabees...
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    Hasmonean dynasty (category Maccabees)
    army during the Maccabean Revolt of 167 to 141 BCE. According to 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and the first book of The Jewish War by historian Josephus (37 – c...
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    and Bel and the Dragon); the additions to Esther; 1 Maccabees; 2 Maccabees; 3 Maccabees; 4 Maccabees; 1 Esdras; Odes (including the Prayer of Manasseh);...
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    written. It shares an outlook similar to that of other texts such as 4 Maccabees, Letter of Aristeas, and the works of Philo, which all came from this...
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  • Bacchides (general) (category People in the books of the Maccabees)
    Maccabees (1 Maccabees, possibly 2 Maccabees as well) and the works of the historian Josephus. The main source on Bacchides is the book 1 Maccabees....
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  • Esther Some of the Books of the Maccabees: 1 Maccabees (only included in the Catholic and Orthodox canons) 2 Maccabees (only included in the Catholic and...
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