The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees
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"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees" is a deuterocanonical book written between 150 and 100 BC. This historical account recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt led by Judas Maccabeus. Written in Greek by an unknown diaspora Jew, the work chronicles divine interventions and human courage, from the attempted taxation of the Second Temple to the defeat of the Seleucid general Nicanor in 161
BC, culminating in the establishment of the Feast of Dedication. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Title |
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees The Challoner Revision |
|---|---|
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Maccabees |
| Credits | This eBook was produced by David Widger from etext #1581 prepared by Dennis McCarthy, Atlanta, Georgia and Tad Book, student, Pontifical North American College, Rome |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament |
| Subject | Bible. Apocrypha. Maccabees, 2nd |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8346 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 26, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 305 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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