Books of the Maccabees (1 & 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007BDLBA2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whether or not the information contained in the apocryphal literature is entirely precise—as is the canon of Scripture—these ancient texts provide commentators’ valuable insight into what many ancient Jews and early Christians believed when, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets” (Heb. The book covers the whole of the revolt, from 175 to 134 BC, highlighting how the salvation of the Jewish people in this crisis came through Mattathias' family, particularly his sons, Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus, and Simon Maccabaeus, and Simon's son, John Hyrcanus." "2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible, which focuses on the Jews' revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work." --WikipediaThe Books of Maccabees are available in The Researchers Library of Ancient Texts (Volume One—The Apocrypha: Includes the Books of Enoch, Jasher, and Jubilees; also available on Kindle), as well as The Book of Enoch, The Book of Jasher, The Book of Jubilees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Susanna, Prayer of Azariah, Prayer of Manasseh, Bel and the Dragon, and Laodiceans.. While no other text can claim this same unique authority, Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal literatur
HelenKeith said Plain text. This is the plain text of I and II Maccabees. There is no commentary. It uses nice, accessible English. I have enjoyed reading it. The good thing is that it is kindle and so one can highlight and add comment to your heart's content. The difficulty is that there is no index and there are no page numbers, only location numbers. The latter makes it difficult when trying to cite for research purposes. Of . Was curious about the Books and wanted to read them. Troy Clopton I enjoy reading the books and find the stories very interesting and thought provoking although not included in the Holy scripture there is some information of significance to be found.. "Love the Maccabee Brothers" according to sally walker. I really enjoyed the Maccabee brother book. So true what it was like in those days. And how it will be again trying to take over Israel.Sally Walker