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.

Fact Check: Social media users are claiming that the so-called “Apocrpyha” of the Old Testament, such as the Books of Tobit, 1st and 2nd Maccabees, Sirach, Wisdom, Judith and Baruch were not ...