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 Scroll’s story differs significantly from the versions in the Book of Maccabees, the Talmud, and history. Despite Saadiah Gaon, the Jews of Italy and Yemen, and others’ claims, it is fiction.

As mentioned in the Book of Maccabees, the 25th of Kislev was when the altar was rededicated, and the Temple service restored. The only problem is the re-. True, there is no Hebrew word for ...

Their story is detailed in two ancient texts, Maccabees 1 and Maccabees 2 . Here’s a fun twist: these books didn’t make the cut into the Hebrew Bible but found a home in the Catholic Old ...

Specifically we do not agree on the Old Testament (OT) canon - the list of Books inspired by God. The Catholic OT Canon includes - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, I and II Maccabees - plus ...

There is no mention of the battle, which is simply not found in Jewish sources. The books of Maccabees I and II are found in the Apocrypha. Catholics have it in their Bible; Protestants do not ...

We usually speak of Maccabees in the plural ... is an American presidential historian. His latest book, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream ...

“And I also remember that my answer that day was a quote from the Book of Maccabees, 3:19, that goes: It is not the size of the army that victory in battle depends on, but strength comes from ...