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2 Maccabees, also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him. It concludes with the defeat of the Seleucid Empire general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the leader of the…
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TTTA extracted 405 structured relationships around 2 Maccabees. Examples in this analysis include 2 Maccabees → Deuteronomy → Devarim and 2 Maccabees → Exodus → Shemot. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Maccabees | Deuteronomy | Devarim | 1.00 | infobox |
| 2 Maccabees | Exodus | Shemot | 1.00 | infobox |
| 2 Maccabees | Genesis | Bereshit | 1.00 | infobox |
| 2 Maccabees | Leviticus | Wayiqra | 1.00 | infobox |
| 2 Maccabees | Numbers | Bemidbar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Seder Olam Rabbah | instance of | Various works | 0.80 | text |
| the woman's name | instance of | various works expanded the story to add more details | 0.80 | text |
| troop counts | instance of | and its figures for elements | 0.80 | text |
| casualties are considered more reliable than the wildly inflated numbers in 2 Maccabees | instance of | and its figures for elements | 0.80 | text |
| 2 Maccabees | related to Authorship and composition date | The | 0.60 | section |
| 2 Maccabees | related to Authorship and composition date | Maccabees | 0.60 | section |
| 2 Maccabees | related to Authorship and composition date | Jason | 0.60 | section |
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For 2 Maccabees, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects 2 Maccabees with Canonicity and theology. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
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Source: Wikipedia — 2 Maccabees · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout