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	Books of Maccabees - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although written in the style of the historical books of the old Testament, the work is characterized by a religious reticence which avoids even the use of the divine name, and by the virtual absence of the Messianic hope.
		Although the book was favourably regarded in the Syrian, it was apparently unknown to the Latin Church.
		The Arabic " Book of Maccabees " contained in the Paris and London Polyglotts, and purporting to be a history of the Jews from the affair of Heliodorus (186 B.C.) to the close of Herod's reign, is historically worthless, being nothing but a compilation from i and 2 Macc.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Books_of_Maccabees (2952 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - MACCABEES, BOOKS OF:
		Mattathias is unknown to II Maccabees, though the latter is supposed by Geiger to be a Pharisaic counterblast to the Sadducean I Maccabees.
		Besides this, II Maccabees, written quite independently of I Maccabees, is a strong support of the general truth of the familiar story of the revolt, though II Maccabees is embellished with angelical and miraculous ornament foreign to the first book.
		The martyrdoms described in II Maccabees, especially of the mother and her seven sons, have given the book undying value as an inspiration and encouragement to the faithful of all ages and creeds.
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	maccabees
		the Maccabee (meaning "the hammerers"), overthrew the Syrians, restored the Temple, and ruled Israel themselves until the Romans and Herod took over in 37 B.C. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a central figure in the Book of Daniel as the type of the Antichrist...
		A book written in the first century B.C., tells of the struggles of Egyptian Jews under the tyranny of King Ptolemy IV in 221-203 B.C., and is not about the Maccabees.
		The name, Maccabee, meaning "hammerer" or "hammer-like", was originally the surname of Judas, the third son of Mattathias, because of his valour in combating the enemies of Israel, but was later extended to all the descendants of Mattathias, and even to all who took part in the rebellion.
	biblia.com /bible/maccabees.htm (870 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Books of Machabees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The First Book of the Machabees is a history of the struggle of the Jewish people for religious and political liberty under the leadership of the Machabee family, with Judas Machabeus as the central figure.
		The book itself begins with an elaborate preface (ii, 20-33) in which the author after mentioning that his work is an epitome of the larger history in five books of Jason of Cyrene states his motive in writing the book, and comments on the respective duties of the historian and of the epitomizer.
		The rest of the book is the history of the Machabean rebellion down to the death of Nicanor (161 B.C.), and therefore corresponds to I Mach., I, 11-vii, 50.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09495a.htm (3569 words)

	Book of Maccabees, Machabees
		The last book, 4 Maccabees, originally written in Greek probably about AD 25, is primarily a philosophical discussion of the primacy of reason, governed by religious laws, over passion.
		His son Judas, "the Maccabee," succeeded him (B.C. 166) as the leader in directing the war of independence, which was carried on with great heroism on the part of the Jews, and was terminated in the defeat of the Syrians.
		The second gives a history of the Maccabees' struggle from B.C. 176 to B.C. Its object is to encourage and admonish the Jews to be faithful to the religion of their fathers.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txs/maccabee.htm (580 words)

	Maccabees, Books Of, 1-2 - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		The record of events in 2 Maccabees ends with the brilliant victory of Judas over Nicanor, followed by the death of the latter; but it is strange that the history of the main hero of the book should be dropped in the middle.
		In this book we miss the unstinted praise accorded the Hasmonean leaders in 1 Maccabees, and it is silent as to the genealogy of the Hasmoneans, the death of Judas Maccabeus and the family grave at Modin.
		The book closes with the defeat and death of Nicanor and the founding of the Nicanor Day festival, without mentioning the death of Judas, as though the writer's aim was to give prominence to the two new festivals.
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	The Books of Maccabees and Prayers for the Dead
		Therefore, First and Second Maccabees, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solemn, Tobit and sections of other books are not found in the Protestant Bible but have been recognized as the Word of God by the Church from the first century.
		The First Book of Maccabees speaks about the battles of Judas, his conquest of the Syrians, and the eight day purification of the Temple which is still celebrated in the Jewish Feast of Hanukkah.
		The Books of Maccabees present a firm belief in the eternal life of those who have lived for the Lord and a belief in praying for those who have died.
	www.st.ignatius.net /Maccabees-11-11-01.htm (1482 words)

	Maccabees, Books Of, 3-5 (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		Some hold that the book was written originally as a kind of introduction to the Books of Maccabees, which it precedes as Book I in Cotton's Five Books of Maccabees.
		In 3 Maccabees the cause of the action of Ptolemy IV was the failure of his project to enter the sanctum of the Jerusalem temple; this last perhaps a reflection of 2 Macc 3:9 ff., where it is related that Heliodorus was hindered from entering the temple by a ghostly apparition.
		That 3 Maccabees was composed in Greek is the opinion of all scholars and is proved by the free, idiomatic and rather bombastic character of the language in the Septuagint.
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	1 maccabees
		the Maccabee (meaning "the hammerers"), overthrew the Syrians, restored the Temple, and ruled Israel themselves until the Romans and Herod took over in 37 B.C. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a central figure in the Book of Daniel as the type of the Antichrist...
		First Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew and is usually dated 100 B.C. It begins with the the reign of Antiochus IV in 175 B.C, the rebellion of Mattathias in 167 B.C. and ends with the murder of Simon in 135 B.C. and the reign of his son, John Hyrcanus I in 134 B.C..
		The Second Book of Maccabees is not, as the name might suggest, a continuation of the First, but covers part of the same ground, from the time of the high priest Onias III and King Seleucus IV in 180 B.C. to the defeat of Nicanor's army in 161 B.C....
	www.biblia.com /bible/maccabees1.htm (3133 words)

	Book of First Maccabees
		First Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew and is usually dated 100 B.C. It begins with the the reign of Antiochus IV in 175 B.C, the rebellion of Mattathias in 167 B.C. and ends with the murder of Simon in 135 B.C. and the reign of his son, John Hyrcanus I in 134 B.C..
		Judas Maccabee is the central figure and the restoration of the Temple under Judas’ leadership is described as the high point of his career, the Hanukkah.
		The Second Book of Maccabees is not, as the name might suggest, a continuation of the First, but covers part of the same ground, from the time of the high priest Onias III and King Seleucus IV in 180 B.C. to the defeat of Nicanor's army in 161 B.C....
	biblia.com /jesusbible/maccabees1.htm (3089 words)

	Mad Max & the Maccabees
		Moreover, in the books of the Maccabees there are numerous scenes of brutal torture, which may have spiked Gibson's interest.
		The four books of Maccabees appear in the Old Testament Apocrypha, a collection of Jewish writings that Protestants consider to be useful but not divinely inspired.
		With the stories of the Maccabees echoing in their ears, the earliest Christians could hear the divine song of salvation as sung by Jesus, whose took upon himself the sin of the world in his passion, and who was vindicated through his resurrection from the death.
	www.markdroberts.com /htmfiles/resources/madmaxmaccabees.htm (2526 words)

	USCCB - NAB - 1maccabees - Introduction
		he name Maccabee, probably meaning "hammer," is actually applied in the Books of Maccabees to only one man, Judas, third son of the priest Mattathias and first leader of the revolt against the Seleucid kings who persecuted the Jews (1 Macc 2:4, 66; 2 Macc 8:5, 16; 10:1, 16).
		There are seven poetic sections in the book which imitate the style of classical Hebrew poetry: four laments (1 Macc 1:25-28, 36-40; 2:8-13; 3:45), and three hymns of praise of "our fathers" (1 Macc 2:51-64), of Judas (1 Macc 3:3-9), and of Simon (1 Macc 14:4-15).
		The doctrine expressed in the book is the customary belief of Israel, without the new developments which appear in 2 Maccabees and Daniel.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible/1maccabees/intro.htm (774 words)

	U.S. Catholic Bishops - New American Bible
		he name Maccabee, probably meaning "hammer," is actually applied in the Books of Maccabees to only one man, Judas, third son of the priest Mattathias and first leader of the revolt against the Seleucid kings who persecuted the Jews (1Ma 2:4, 66; 2Ma 8:5, 16; 10:1, 16).
		The two Books of Maccabees, placed last in the Douai version of the Old Testament, contain independent accounts of events in part identical which accompanied the attempted suppression of Judaism in Palestine in the second century B.C. The vigorous reaction to this attempt established for a time the religious and political independence of the Jews.
		The Books of Maccabees, though regarded by Jews and Protestants as apocryphal, i.e., not inspired Scripture, because not contained in the Palestinian Canon or list of books drawn up at the end of the first century A.D., have nevertheless always been accepted by the Catholic Church as inspired, on the basis of apostolic tradition.
	www.usccb.org /nab/bible_hold/1maccabees/intro.htm (736 words)

	The Biblical Canon Of The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 3 books of 'Maccabees' (Mäqabeyan), which are counted as 2 by the Canon Law Commentary by reckoning the 2nd and 3rd as one book, are not the same as any of the 4 LXX books of Maccabees, or as Pseudo-Josephus, which the Canon Law Commentary calls 'a further book of Maccabees'.
		The books for which canonicity is claimed (at least by some authorities), but which are not included in these large editions of the Bible, have not been printed in Ethiopia at all; so for these one can only turn to MSS or to foreign printed editions.
		From a traditionalist point of view the additional books of the 'broader' canon must be regarded as equally canonical; but it seems that in practice they may come to be regarded more as 'commentary' on the canonical books, and therefore as possessing only a derived authority.
	www.islamic-awareness.org /Bible/Text/Canon/ethiopican.html (2611 words)

	World Wide Study Bible: 1 Maccabees \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		About Esdras and the Books of the Maccabees — St Augustine - The City of God
		Maccabees (books of Bible) — Bible - Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
		New Revised Standard Version (1989) — Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament
	www.ccel.org /wwsb/1Maccabees/index.html (97 words)

	Apocrypha, Deuterocanonical Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Some thirteen books comprise the Apocrypha: I and II Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus (which is also entitled the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach), Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, the Additions to Daniel, the Prayer of Manasses, and I and II Maccabees.
		The Book of Daniel is the one book of the Old Testament to which the non-inspired apocalypses bear the closest affinity, and it evidently furnished ideas to several of the latter.
		The Book of the Jubilees is the narrative of Genesis amplified and embellished by a Jew of the Pharisee period.
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	Faith Guides . Bible Boot Camp . Old Testament \| BustedHalo.com
		Written in the style of the Old Testament's historical books, the accounts of 1 and 2 Maccabees begin with the death of Alexander the Great and the breakup of his Greek (Hellenistic) empire and continue through the reigns of several minor kings from Syria (the Seleucids).
		Both books agree on the basic reason for the insurgency: forced cultural assimilaton of Jewish citizens to Greek ways, even to the point of disregard for the law of Moses and worship of Yahweh.
		Basically, the Israelites presented in these books rejected the idea that, "it's all [to be] Greek to me!" Most of the military conflicts presented here are seen by Judas and his faith-filled followers as a holy war against the destruction of their religion by a decadent outside influence.
	www.bustedhalo.com /faith_guides/macc.htm (428 words)

	5 Maccabees
		Is 5 Maccabees an epitome of the Josippon, as Graf contended (p.
		It is tempting to dismiss so-called 5 Maccabees from the Pseudepigrpaha and assume it is derived from the late Jewish Josippon.
		5 Maccabees is a chronicle of Jewish history from Heliodorus' attempt to rob the Temple treasury in the early decades of the second century B.C. to the death of Herod the Great's two sons about 6 B.C.—with an interpolation relating Eleazar's role in translating the Septuagint, as well as other interesting expansions (viz.
	www.earlyjewishwritings.com /5maccabees.html (777 words)

	Maccabees, Books Of, 1-2 (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But in this book, prayers, speeches and official records abound as they do in Ezra, Nehemiah (see Century Bible, "Ezra," "Nehemiah," "Esther," 12 ff.), and many modern Protestant writers doubt or deny the authenticity of a part of those, though that is not necessarily to question their genuineness as part of the original narrative.
		(7) There is no reference in the book to the doctrine of a resurrection from the dead or to that of the immortality of the soul, though we know that both these beliefs were commonly held by Jews of the time (see Daniel 12:3; Enoch 19; 22:11-14; 9:1,5 ff.; 2 Macc 7:9,11,14,29).
		According to this book the Chanukkah feast was established immediately after the death of Antiochus Epiphanes (10:6 ff.), not before this event (1 Macc 4:56), probably to give it additional importance.
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	The "Holy Maccabee Martyrs"
		The only event from the Books of Maccabees to find its way into the Talmud is, I believe, the touching tale of the mother and her seven sons who stalwartly chose death rather than participate in idolatrous worship.
		At a later period, the religious militancy of the Maccabees was cited as a precedent for various "holy wars," including the Crusades (whose victims were often innocent Jews) and other military campaigns taken in the name of the faith.
		The Maccabees' readiness to oppose the "legal" rulers of Judea inspired various Christian dissident groups who found themselves in rebellion against the State or against the official Church--an imagery which was drawn upon repeatedly during the Protestant Reformation (though the Catholics also found ways to see themselves as the legitimate heirs to the Maccabees).
	www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/Shokel/881202_Macc_Martyrs.html (1040 words)

	Judas Maccabees : Fool Moon
		After Judas Maccabees cleansed the altar and returned it to Jewish worship on the very same day it was desecrated (the 25th day of Chislev), he institued an annual celebration structured on that same day - the 25th day of Chislev in mid-December.
		Threfore, the Catholics regard the Books of Maccabees as inspired by God because there is a linkage between these books and the New Testament.
		The Festival of Lights proclaims the cleansing of the temple and its altar by Judas Maccabees in the aftermath of the Old Testament incident on which Daniel's 'Abomination of Desolation' was based.
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	Maccabees What Really Happened The Views of Some Leading Scholars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Maccabees revolted in response to the persecutions imposed by the king and, according to Bickerman and others at least, at the instigation of radical Jewish Hellenizers.
		Thus the "pious," the Hasidim (the family of the Maccabees belonged to this group, and their later offspring included both the Pharisees and the Essenes), formed a new political movement which no longer permitted the aristocracy to treat the whole affair as if nothing was at stake but their rivaling claims to power.
		Thus ended the revolt of the Maccabees; the Syrian sovereignty was established once more, and freedom of religion was guaranteed for the Jews; the office of high priest, however, was left vacant.
	www.houseofdavid.ca /maccabee.htm (8469 words)

	2 Maccabees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Any peculiarities of canonical status: Second Maccabees is not considered canonical in the Jewish faith, a decision which seems to date from about the time of Josephus, and no copy of the text has been found at Qumran.
		It is numbered among the deuterocanonical books of Scripture by Roman Catholicism, and by Eastern Orthodoxy.
		However, both books tend to be more highly regarded by Protestants than most of the rest of the Apocrypha because of their immense historical value.
	my.execpc.com /1B/14/gto/Apocrypha/Summaries/2maccabees.html (941 words)

	Maccabees (books of Bible) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Maccabees (books of Bible) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Maccabees (books of Bible), four books, two of which (1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees) are part of the Old Testament for Roman Catholics and Orthodox...
		Bible, also called the Holy Bible, the sacred book or Scriptures of Judaism and of Christianity.
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	The Apocryphal Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Council of Trent was an attempt by the Catholic Church to counteract the Protestant Reformation with its battle cry of "faith alone" and "Scripture alone." By adding the Apocrypha to the canon of Scripture, the Catholic Church, in effect, rendered the rest of the Bible impotent.
		The Apocryphal books were rejected from the canon of Scripture by the early church leaders.
		Though some of the Apocryphal books do have historical value, giving information regarding the inter-testament "quiet years" prior to the coming of Christ, there is no justification for giving these a place in the Holy Scripture.
	www.biblebelievers.net /BibleVersions/kjcapocr.htm (1860 words)

	Gustave Doré Bookstore
		Pictures of the Bible : The Old Testament and the Book of MacCabees by Gustave Doré
		The Book of Leaders : The Story of Moses and the Judges by Stephens, Gustave Doreacute; illustrations
		Pictures of the Bible : The Old Testament and the Book of MacCabees Vol 1
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