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Maccabees, The Books of — • The author, date, and contents of 1 and 2 Machabees. A brief look at 3 and 4 Machabees Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Maccabees, The Books of the — ▪ biblical literature Introduction Maccabees also spelled Machabees four books, none of which is in the Hebrew Bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. The first two books only are part of canonical scripture… … Universalium
MACCABEES, FIRST BOOK OF — (I Maccabees), a historical work extant in Greek, covering the period of 40 years from the accession of Antiochus Epiphanes (175 B.C.E.) to the death of Simeon the Hasmonean (135 B.C.E.). Its name in the Septuagint and in the writings of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
The maccabees — Pays d’origine Royaume Uni Genre(s) Rock Années actives Depuis 2003 Label(s) … Wikipédia en Français
The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden — (A B Book Dist Inc, March 1994, ISBN 1 881316 63 7) is an anthology of ancient, apocryphal writings. The book was originally two books. The Lost Books of the Bible (Testament, 1998, ISBN 0 517 27795 6) was originally published in 1928, and was… … Wikipedia
The Vine — is an allegory or parable given by Jesus in the New Testament found only in the Gospel of John (). Old TestamentThere are numerous Old Testament passages which refer to Israel as a vine: Ps 80:8 16, Isa 5:1 7, Jer 2:21, Ezek 15:1 8, 17:5 10,… … Wikipedia
Maccabees — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Revolt of the Maccabees partof= caption=The Hasmonean Kingdom date=167 BCE 160 BCE place=The Land of Israel casus=Antiochus decrees forbidding Jewish religious practices territory=Jews regained control over the… … Wikipedia
The Maccabees — This article is about the English band. For the national Jewish movement, see Maccabees. The Maccabees Origin London, England Genres Indie Rock Years active 2004–present … Wikipedia
Maccabees — /mak euh beez /, n. 1. (used with a pl. v.) the members of the Hasmonean family of Jewish leaders and rulers comprising the sons of Mattathias and their descendants and reigning in Judea from 167? to 37 B.C., esp. Judas Maccabaeus and his… … Universalium
Maccabees, Books of the — There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of independence, commencing (B.C. 175) in a series of patriotic struggles against the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes, and terminating B.C. 135. It… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
