2 Maccabees

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2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
2 Maccabees canonical 24
Second Book of Maccabees 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic Jewish literature
Jewish historical work
biblical book
deuterocanonical book
religious text
apocryphalFor most Protestant traditions
associatedWithFeast Hanukkah
basedOn five-volume history by Jason of Cyrene
canonicalIn Eastern Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
canonStatus deuterocanonical
containsStoryOf martyrdom of Eleazar
martyrdom of the seven brothers and their mother
purification of the Temple
coversEvents Jewish revolt against Seleucid Empire
linked to: Maccabean Revolt
coversPeriod 2nd century BCE
emphasizes divine justice
faithfulness to the Torah
intercession of the living for the dead
martyrdom as witness to faith
prayer and fasting
resurrection of the dead
focusesOn martyrdom of Jewish faithful
persecution under Antiochus IV Epiphanes
rededication of the Jerusalem Temple
genre historical narrative
martyrdom literature
keyFigure Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Judas Maccabeus
linked to: Maccabees
keyTheme God’s sovereignty over history
divine retribution and reward
martyrdom and hope of resurrection
sanctity of the Temple
language Koine Greek
notASimpleSequelTo 1 Maccabees
numberOfChapters 15
partOf Septuagint
politicalContext Seleucid Empire
relatedWork 1 Maccabees
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
setting Jerusalem
Judea
sourceFor history of the Maccabean period
structure preface and historical narrative
subject Maccabean Revolt
title Second Book of Maccabees
linked to: 2 Maccabees

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Hellenistic Jews notableWork 2 Maccabees
Maccabean Revolt hasLiterarySource Second Book of Maccabees
linked to: 2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees title Second Book of Maccabees
linked to: 2 Maccabees
Douay–Rheims Bible includesBook 2 Maccabees
3 Maccabees relatedWork 2 Maccabees
4 Maccabees relatedWork 2 Maccabees
Books of the Maccabees hasPart 2 Maccabees
Maccabees associatedWithText Second Book of Maccabees
linked to: 2 Maccabees
Hasmon notAttestedIn 2 Maccabees
John Hyrcanus I describedIn 2 Maccabees
Bacchides mentionedIn 2 Maccabees
Nicanor mentionedIn 2 Maccabees
martyrdom of Eleazar describedIn 2 Maccabees
Battle of Emmaus describedIn 2 Maccabees
Deuterocanonical books contains 2 Maccabees
Battle of Beth Zur mentionedIn 2 Maccabees
Lysias sourceMention 2 Maccabees
Mattathias knownFrom 2 Maccabees
Eleazar Avaran describedIn 2 Maccabees