Introduction The work entitled 2 Maccabees presents a host of challenges to conventional assumptions. First of all, the title itself is misleading. Second Maccabees is not a continuation of 1 Maccabees: its narrative

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Date: 2012-04-03 17:43:19 Septuagint Jewish history Deuterocanonical books Jewish military history Maccabees Antiochus IV Epiphanes Hanukkah Menelaus Hasmonean dynasty Hasmoneans 1st millennium BC Seleucid Empire		Introduction The work entitled 2 Maccabees presents a host of challenges to conventional assumptions. First of all, the title itself is misleading. Second Maccabees is not a continuation of 1 Maccabees: its narrative Add to Reading List Source URL: www.augsburgfortress.org Download Document from Source Website File Size: 333,90 KB Share Document on Facebook

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