1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc. In fact, 2 Macc tells many of the same stories from a slightly different perspective than 1 Macc.

The Jewish festival of Hannukah, which this year runs from 25 December to 2 January, actually has a lot in common with the ...

1:23. The Septuagint ... Catholic OT Books plus III and IV Maccabees. These manuscripts show that the Septuagint with its larger and looser canon was the OT "Bible" of the early Church.

The Hebrew Bible, also called the Tanakh ... The deuterocanonical books include: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, ...