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Jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 Maccabees 7 Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863), depicting the woman with her dead sons. The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 Maccabees 7 . She and her seven sons were arrested during the persecution of Judaism initiated by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes . They were ordered to consume pork and thus violate Jewish law as part of the campaign. They repeatedly refused, and Antiochus tortured and killed the sons one by one in front of the unflinching and stout-hearted mother before eventually killing her as well. The historical setting of the story is around the beginning of the persecution of Jews by Antiochus IV (c. 167/166 BCE) that led to the Maccabean Revolt . Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, the mother is known variously as Hannah, Miriam, Solomonia, and Shmouni. Other versions of the story appear in Jewish sources such as the Talmud and Josippon .
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Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863), depicting the woman with her dead sons. The woman with seven sons is a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources. Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, she is known variously as Hannah, Miriam and Solomonia.
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Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863), depicting the woman with her dead sons. The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources. Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, she is known variously as Hannah, Miriam, and Solomonia.
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Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863), depicting the woman with her dead sons. The woman with seven sons was a Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 and other sources, who had seven sons that were arrested (along with her) by Antiochus IV Epiphanes , who forced them to prove their respect to him by consuming pork .When they refused, he tortured and killed the sons one by one in front of the unflinching and stout-hearted mother.The story likely occurred around the beginning of the religious persecutions in 167-166 BCE.Although unnamed in 2 Maccabees, the mother is known variously as Hannah, Miriam, Solomonia, and Shmouni.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish martyr described in 2 maccabees 7 and other sources”. Today it says “jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 maccabees 7 and elaborated in 4 maccabees”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863)”. It now reads “Jewish martyr described in 2 Maccabees 7 Antonio Ciseri 's Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabees (1863)”. Read the current article and compare.
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jewish martyr described in 2 maccabees 7 and other sources
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jewish martyr described in the deuterocanonical 2 maccabees 7 and elaborated in 4 maccabees
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