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Line 1: − + − − The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]]. Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution. Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew. − − The fourth was found in the Library of Lyons, but was afterwards burned. The fifth contains a history of the Jews from B.C. 184 to B.C. 86. It is a compilation made by a Jew after the destruction of [[Jerusalem]], from ancient memoirs, to which he had access.<ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html?term=Maccabees,%20Books%20of%20the</ref> − − ==References== − {{Reflist}} +
Books of the Maccabees (view source)
Revision as of 03:48, October 14, 2008
, 03:48, October 14, 2008Stubified until I make a version that doesn't plagiarize Easton's
The '''Books of the Maccabees''', according to [[Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)]] "were originally five books of the Maccabees. 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. It became part of the [[Vulgate]] Version of the [[Bible]], and was thus retained among the [[Apocrypha]]. The second gives a history of the Maccabees' struggle from B.C. 176 to B.C. 161. Its object is to encourage and admonish the [[Jews]] to be faithful to the religion of their fathers.
The '''Books of the Maccabees''' are a series of books that are part of the [[Apocrypha]].
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