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. 1 ...

In fact, the New American Bible is made up of the same 39 books as the King James version, plus seven other books, namely: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch.

For those who are Protestant, you might not have heard of these books. (Then again, if you’re Catholic, the same may sadly be true.) At best your Bible contains 1 and 2 Maccabees as “apocrypha”.

Specifically, the Catholic canon incorporates seven extra books: Tobit, Judith, the First and Second Books of Maccabees, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (also referred to as Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch.

The Rev. James M. Gillis, editor of The Catholic World, has expressed the hope that “in those countries now writhing under the heel of dictators, there were another family of Maccabees to fling ...

St. Clair Inn developer Jeff Katofsky is selling the historical Ladies of the Maccabees building in Port Huron, which he purchased in July.

The Maccabees are a complex, but ongoing symbol of Jewish nationalism. Were they really great ancient warriors, or was their heroism exaggerated?

The purpose of the Catholic Biblical Association is to promote, within a context of faith, scholarly study in Scripture and related fields by meetings of the association, publications, and support to ...

“So the Maccabees are respected from a military and political standpoint but not so much from a religious standpoint.” The Very Rev. Michel J. Sis, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo ...