I Maccabees Author: Unknown Date Written: c.100 BC Date of Narrative: 323-104 BC 1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel to 1 Macc.

Those two books are included in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but omitted from Protestant and Jewish canons because they were written later and in Greek. Maccabees holds a grim warning for would-be ...

So, the books of Maccabees were effectively in the historical Bible for both Jews and Christians. These books are omitted in most modern Jewish and Protestant Bibles, although they remain in the Old ...

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas day, marking a rare confluence of Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur on separate calendars.

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 ...

The Maccabees have confirmed their comeback for 2025. Read More: 86TVs – ‘86TVs’ review: an overstuffed but heartfelt debut from former Maccabees’ new band The band – formed of Orlando ...

King James Version (KJV) The King James Version of the Bible came by its name because it was published in 1611 under the auspices of King James I of England. Richard Bancroft, who was archbishop of ...

Vasai-based Catholic priest Father Francis D’Britto, writer and environmentalist, who translated the Bible into Marathi, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024, after prolonged illness, family ...

Today, there are different versions of the Bible. The Roman Catholic religion prefers to keep these books in their Bibles to remain as accurate as possible to the original Word of God. I suggest that ...

In Orthodox Bibles the General epistles come before the Pauline epistles, but in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles Paul's epistles come before the epistles by the other apostles. The books of the Jewish ...