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'''Books of the Maccabees''' were originally five books of the Maccabees.<ref name="m">{{Easton|Maccabees}}</ref> The first contains a history of the war of independence, commencing (B.C. 175) in a series of patriotic struggles against the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes, and terminating B.C. 135.<ref name="m"/> It became part of the Vulgate Version of the Bible, and was thus retained among the Apocrypha.<ref name="m"/>

'''Books of the Maccabees''' were originally five books of the Maccabees.<ref name="m">{{Easton|Maccabees}}</ref> The first contains a history of the war of independence, commencing (B.C. 175) in a series of patriotic struggles against the tyranny of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]], and terminating B.C. 135.<ref name="m"/> It became part of the [[Vulgate]] Version of the [[Bible]], and was thus retained among the [[Apocrypha]].<ref name="m"/>

The second gives a history of the Maccabees' struggle from B.C. 176 to B.C. 161.<ref name="m"/> Its object is to encourage and admonish the Jews to be faithful to the religion of their fathers.<ref name="m"/>

The second gives a history of the Maccabees' struggle from B.C. 176 to B.C. 161.<ref name="m"/> Its object is to encourage and admonish the [[Jews]] to be faithful to the religion of their fathers.<ref name="m"/>

The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the Greek Church.<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/>

The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]].<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/>

The fourth was found in the Library of Lyons, but was afterwards burned.<ref name="m"/> The fifth contains a history of the Jews from B.C. 184 to B.C. 86.<ref name="m"/> It is a compilation made by a Jew after the destruction of Jerusalem, from ancient memoirs, to which he had access.<ref name="m"/> It need scarcely be added that none of these books has any divine authority.<ref name="m"/>

The fourth was found in the Library of Lyons, but was afterwards burned.<ref name="m"/> The fifth contains a history of the Jews from B.C. 184 to B.C. 86.<ref name="m"/> It is a compilation made by a Jew after the destruction of [[Jerusalem]], from ancient memoirs, to which he had access.<ref name="m"/> It need scarcely be added that none of these books has any divine authority.<ref name="m"/>

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