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Books of the Maccabees are books concerned with the Maccabees , the leaders of the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid dynasty , or related subjects.1The term mostly refers to two deuterocanonical books contained in some canons of the Bible: 1 Maccabees , originally written in Hebrew and surviving in a Greek translation, relates the history of the Maccabees from 175 BC until 134 BC. 2 Maccabees , a Greek abridgment of an earlier history in Hebrew, relating the history of the Maccabees down to 161 BC, focusing on Judas Maccabaeus , talks about praying for the dead, offerings. The term also commonly refers to two further works: 3 Maccabees , a Greek book relating to a 3rd century BC persecution of the Jews of Egypt. 4 Maccabees , a philosophic discourse praising the supremacy of reason over passion, using the Maccabean martyrs as examples. The term may also refer to: 5 Maccabees , an Arab language history from 186 BC to 6 BC.2The same title is also used for a Syriac version of 6th book of Josephus ' Jewish War . 6 Maccabees , a Syriac poem which possibly shared a lost source with 4 Maccabees. 7 Maccabees , a Syriac work focusing on the speeches of the Maccabean Martyrs and her mother . 8 Maccabees , a brief account of the revolt drawing on Seleucid sources, preserved in the Chronicle of John Malalas (§§ 206-207). The three books of Meqabyan from Ethiopia are similar in name but quite different in content.3
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The Books of the Maccabees are two deuterocanonical books giving the history of the Maccabees , a Jewish family who rebelled against the Seleucid dynasty and founded the Hasmonean kingdom in Palestine in the 2nd and 1st century BC : 1 Maccabees 2 Maccabees Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Books of the Maccabees . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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The Books of the Maccabees are books concerned with the Maccabees , the leaders of the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid dynasty , or related subjects. The term mostly refers to two deuterocanonical books contained in some canons of the Bible: 1 Maccabees , originally written in Hebrew and surviving in a Greek translation, relates the history of the Maccabees from 175 BC until 134 BC. 2 Maccabees , a Greek abridgment of an earlier history in Hebrew, relating the history of the Maccabees down to 161 BC, focusing on Judas Maccabaeus , talks about praying for the dead, offerings. The term also commonly refers to two further works: 3 Maccabees , a Greek book relating to a 3rd-century BC persecution of the Jews of Egypt. 4 Maccabees , a philosophic discourse praising the supremacy of reason over passion, using the Maccabean martyrs as examples. The term may also refer to: 5 Maccabees , an Arab language history from 186 BC to 6 BC.
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Book of the Maccabees ( Sefer Hamakabim ) is a history of the Maccabees , the leaders of the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid dynasty .
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Group of ancient Hebrew books The Books of the Maccabees or the Sefer HaMakabim (the Book of the Maccabees ) recount the history of the Maccabees , the leaders of the Jewish rebellion against the Seleucid dynasty .
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“martyr” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 7. Read the current article and compare.
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two deuterocanonical books giving the history of the maccabees
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books concerned with the maccabees
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