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	1 Maccabees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The setting of the book is about a century after the conquest of Judea by the Greeks under Alexander the Great, after Alexander's empire has been divided so that Judea was part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.
		The book covers the whole of the revolt, from 175 to 134 BC and highlights how the salvation of the Jewish people in this crisis came from God through Mattathias's family, particularly his sons Judas, Jonathan and Simon, and his grandson John Hyrcanus.
		The book's author is unknown, but is assumed to have been a devout Jew from the Holy Land who may or may not have directly taken part in the events described in the book.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1_Maccabees (1181 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....
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	Book of Maccabees
		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 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. It became part of the Vulgate Version of the Bible, and was thus retained among the Apocrypha.
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	Notes to Lesson10: 1 Maccabees- Family of Deliverence
		First Maccabees recounts how those doughty defenders of God’s People, Mattathias and his five sons, delivered Israel from Antiochus IV and the “renegade Jews” resulting in political freedom for the first time in four centuries.
		The “crises” of Maccabees was that of Hellenization.
		First Maccabees is an invaluable work for understanding the social situation of Jesus and his early disciples.
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	1 Maccabees
		Despite the theory that the Book of First Maccabees existed originally in Hebrew language, it is not a part of the Jewish canon, although it describes the events associated with Hanukkah.
		Historically, the book has been deutero-canonical for Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox Christians, and it is apocryphal for Protestants, although Martin Luther included Maccabees in the appendix of his German Bible.
		The narrative is reminiscent of books in the Hebrew canon, especially Judges, Kings and Samuel.
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	Introduction to the Books of the Apocrypha: 1 Maccabees
		B contains none of the books of the Maccabees since it follows the Canon of Athanasius in which they are not included.
		Origen's title would suggest that the book was written in Hebrew, and this is definitely stated by Jerome to have been the case, for in the Prologus Galeatus he says: Machabeorum primum librum Hebraicum reperi.
		And while it is, of course, possible that they were the work of the compiler himself, their very different character and style from the rest of the book point rather to their being quotations from some popular collections of lyrics or religious poems.
	www.katapi.org.uk /OTApoc/1Maccabees.htm (3925 words)

	An Introduction to the Apocrypha---Part Seven
		The author of First Maccabees probably lived in the Holy Land, since he was very familiar with the geography of the region and had access to official documents that would have been archived in Jerusalem.
		First Maccabees begins with the rise to power of Alexander the Great, who conquered the empire of the Medes and Persians (including the land of Israel) and set up his own Graeco-Macedonian empire in its place (1:1-4; cf.
		However, the book of I Maccabees concludes with the message that Simon's time of peace and contentment would be an all-too-brief respite in the midst of a continuing struggle.
	graceandknowledge.faithweb.com /apoc7.html (5380 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).
		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/1maccabees/intro.htm (774 words)

	UPDV Updated Bible Version - First Maccabees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The book of First Maccabees is included since it fills in some important events in the history of Israel between the time of Malachi and the New Testament.
		However, the name of First Maccabees was retained since that is what it is commonly known as today.
		First Maccabees was not included in the ASV which was the starting point for the rest of the UPDV Bible (except Sirach).
	www.updated.org /help/first_maccabees.shtml (360 words)

	BOOK 13 FOOTNOTES
		(10) This clause is otherwise rendered in the First Book of Maccabees, 12:9, "For that we have the holy books of Scripture in our bands to comfort us." The Hebrew original being lost, we cannot certainly judge which was the truest version only the coherence favors Josephus.
		(15) It must here be diligently noted, that Josephus's copy of the First Book of Maccabees, which he had so carefully followed, and faithfully abridged, as far as the fiftieth verse of the thirteenth chapter, seems there to have ended.
		The reason why I rather suppose that his copy of the Maccabees wanted these chapters, than that his own copies are here imperfect, is this, that all their contents are not here omitted, though much the greatest part be.
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	Hanukkah
		This article also intends to prove that without the book of Maccabees that the Protestants left out of their Bible, the desecration of the temple that Daniel prophesied cannot be scripturally documented nor fulfilled.
		The omission of the book of Maccabees in the Protestant version is the primary point of this article.
		The abomination at the time of the Maccabees was the sacrifice of a swine on the altar in the temple.
	www.plim.org /hanukkah.html (1478 words)

	Josephus on Hanukkah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Books of the Maccabees, which record the origins of the Hanukkah story and of the Hasmonean dynasty, are represented by Josephus in the Jewish Antiquities, Book 12 Chapter 5 through Book 13 Chapter 7.
		These chapters are primarily a compressed version of the First Book of Maccabees, supplemented by some material from the Second Book of Maccabees War 1 37-47, with some additional changes made by Josephus.
		Neither the books of Maccabees nor Josephus, however, tell this story, although that cannot be taken to mean Josephus does not know it.
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	bible.org: Smith's Bible Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		MACCABEES, BOOKS OF Four books which bear the common title of "Maccabees" are found in some MSS.
		In the second book the groundwork of facts is true, but the dress in which the facts are presented is due in part at least to the narrator.
		THE THIRD BOOK OF MACCABEES contains the history of events which preceded the great Maccabaean struggle beginning with B.C. THE FOURTH BOOK OF MACCABEES contains a rhetorical narrative of the martyrdom of Eleazar and of the "Maccabaean family," following in the main the same outline as 2 Macc.
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	The Lost Books of the Bible - The Hidden Truth - Introduction Part 2
		Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
		Many of the books listed below may be found on the internet by doing a search using the name of the book as a keyword.
		There is no guarantee that the books listed here are inspired works, or genuine books actually included in original versions of writings used by, and considered true by the Early Christian Church.
	www.thelostbooks.com /intro2.htm (1220 words)

	Heroes, Hammers and Hanukkah
		Zeitlin, Solomon and Tedesche, Sidney Saul, The First book of Maccabees, New York 1950.
		His exploits in spearheading the military revolt against the Seleucid armies and their Jewish collaborators are meticulously detailed in the ancient books that bear that name: the Books of Maccabees, which have been preserved in Greek.
		Thus, argues the proponent of this explanation, the great Judah Maccabee was not being named for his fierceness on the battlefield, but rather he was being singled out for the peculiar shape of his skull.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/Shokel/941129_Hammers.html (685 words)

	Bible, the bibles' books of many religious groups
		In the scripture that is in the book of Luke 6:12, the word [Judas the Brother of James] is according to the Translations of the king James, but in the Translations of the Bible Society is [Judas the son of James].
		The book of Jude that is in the new Testaments, is written by Jude, this name is not the same as the one in the scripture in Luke 6: 16.
		These are the books according to the translations of the King James Version that are used by the Protestant Churches.
	www.captelco.qc.ca /churchofjesus/_disc1/00000044.htm (1276 words)

	The Apocrypha - Cutting Edge Ministries
		1:18), the Book of the Acts of Solomon (1 Ki 14:19; 2 Chr 33:18), the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah (1 Ki 14:29, 15:7), the Annals of Samuel the Seer (1 Chr.
		The book is dated sometime between 198 and 175 B.C.E., as it is during this era that the scribe is said to have studied and taught in Jerusalem.
		The first is a situation of the physical realm requiring a miraculous physical healing while the second is a matter of the spiritual realm, requiring a supernatural deliverance from demonic oppression.
	www.revelationofjohn.com /Apocrypha.html (15201 words)

	Articles of Religion, Book of Common Prayer, Canada (1959)
		HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
		All of the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and accont them Canonical.
		And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of the forenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites; we decree all to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered.
	www.prayerbook.ca /bcp/39_articles.html (2129 words)

	1 Maccabees
		The First Book of Maccabees describes the struggle of the Jews for religious, cultural, and political independence against the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his successors, who were Greeks and sympathized with the hellenization of Judah.
		Although it can not be denied that the book is biased, it is certainly not the worst of all historical studies from Antiquity.
		When his men who were fleeing saw this, they returned to him and joined him in the pursuit as far as Kadesh, to their camp, and there they encamped.As many as three thousand of the foreigners fell that day.
	www.livius.org /maa-mam/maccabees/1macc11.html (1931 words)

	History of Formal Education
		The first public school with a continuous existence was established in 1635; and America's first college was Howard College established in Cambridge, MA in 1636, some 362 years ago.
		The first postal service served NY and Boston in 1673; a prison was constructed in 1676; a book of maps was published 1677; and an educational trust fund was created in 1682 in Burlington, NJ.
		These firsts occurred in 1829: The typewriter and the fountain pen were patented, a passenger locomotive was built (the Tom Thumb); and in 1830, the railroad was chartered.
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		The Biblical Book of Esther, for instance, tells the story of one group of Israelites of the House of Yahudah during their captivity in the city of Susa, about 300 miles east of the city of Babylon.
		The Sacae or Scythians, who were termed Gimirri by their neighbors, first appear in the cuneiform inscriptions as a substantive people under Esar-Haddon in about B.C. 684."8 By this date the Ten Tribes, Israel-Gimirri, were entirely resident in Assyria, for a great deportation of "the whole seed of Ephraim" (Jer.
		Many history books show an area marked, "Iberia," or HEBREW'S LAND, in the Caucasus Mountain region between the Caspian and Black Seas, north beyond the Euphrates.14 The word, Hebrew, means a descendant of Eber, the great-grandson of Noah.
	www.assemblyoftrueisrael.com /TruthPage/TheRealDiaspora.html (2617 words)

	THE SERMONS OF ST. ANTONY -- SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A ‘chief’ is one who holds on to the first place or honour; this refers to the devil, who caught the first man with an apple, as with a fish-hook.
		With such a hook the first man was caught by the chief of devils.
		When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him; and he that invited thee and him come and say to thee: Give this man place.
	www.franciscan-archive.org /antonius/opera/ant-hd34.html (7954 words)

	1786 Proposed Book of Common Prayer: Articles of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account Canonical.
		For we are now so inclined naturally to do evil that the flesh is continually striving to act contrary to the Spirit of God, which corrupt inclination still remains even in the regenerate.
		THe Book of Consecration of Bishops and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, excepting such parts as require any Oaths inconsistent with the American revolution, is to be adopted, as containing all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bcp/1786/Articles_1786.htm (1143 words)

	First Book of Maccabees
		And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.
		So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him: then all the heathen, being discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim.
		And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.
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	1 Maccabees - Catholic Public Domain Version of the Sacred Bible
		{1:60} And all those who were found with the books of the testament of the Lord, and whoever observed the law of the Lord, they butchered, according to the edict of the king.
		{5:30} And it happened that, at first light, when they lifted up their eyes, behold, there was a multitude of people, which could not be numbered, bringing ladders and machines, in order to seize the fortress, and to assault them.
		And the camp of Nicanor was crushed, and he himself was among the first slain in the battle.
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	The First Book of the Maccabees. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		12 Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.
		T CAME to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine's flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
		8 First, verily for the unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of them aforersaid.
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