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1 Maccabees

1 Maccabees, also known as the First Book of Maccabees, First Maccabees, and abbreviated as 1 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book that details the history of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire as well as the founding and earliest history of the independent Hasmonean kingdom. It describes the promulgation of decrees by King Antiochus IV…

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related to Bibliography · 85
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related to history · 62
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1 Maccabees → Even, For, God, Goldstein, Hasmoneans, Heaven, It, Jews, Jonathan, Judas, Judas Maccabeus, Judea, Maccabees, No, Notably, One, Rather, Sadducees, Some, That
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1 Maccabees → Alexander Jannaeus, All, BC, Hasmonean, He, Hellenistic, High Priest John Hyrcanus, Jerusalem, Judea, Maccabees, Pompey, Roman, Roman Republic, Rome, The
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Deuteronomy · 1
1 Maccabees → Devarim

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maccabees book jewish hebrew judas author greek hasmonean jews also bc revolt simon bible judea jonathan antiochus maccabean isbn jerusalem

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1 MaccabeesDeuteronomyDevarim1.00infobox
1 MaccabeesExodusShemot1.00infobox
1 MaccabeesGenesisBereshit1.00infobox
1 MaccabeesLeviticusWayiqra1.00infobox
1 MaccabeesNumbersBemidbar1.00infobox
1 Maccabeespart ofthe intertestamental Apocrypha section of the Bible used in the Lutheran Churches and the Anglican Communion0.85text
Joshua's conquests or the battle of Davidinstance ofVarious passages call back to Biblical passages0.80text
Goliathinstance ofVarious passages call back to Biblical passages0.80text
equate the Hasmoneans' deeds with the earlier storiesinstance ofVarious passages call back to Biblical passages0.80text
miraclesinstance ofbut downplays direct divine intervention0.80text
Nicolaus of Damascusinstance ofalthough supplementing it with other Greek histories0.80text
Baldwin Iinstance ofAdmired crusaders0.80text

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