3 Maccabees
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3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 3 Maccabees canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3 Maccabees Context triple: [Eastern Orthodox canon, includesBook, 3 Maccabees]
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A.
2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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B.
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees is a historical Jewish work recounting the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE, regarded as deuterocanonical by some Christian traditions.
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C.
Book of Sirach
The Book of Sirach is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom text offering practical moral instruction and reflections on piety, ethics, and the law.
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D.
Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel is a biblical text combining court tales and apocalyptic visions that portrays the faithfulness of Daniel in exile and offers symbolic prophecies about future kingdoms and divine deliverance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3 Maccabees Target entity description: 3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
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A.
2 Maccabees
2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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B.
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees is a historical Jewish work recounting the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE, regarded as deuterocanonical by some Christian traditions.
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C.
Book of Sirach
The Book of Sirach is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom text offering practical moral instruction and reflections on piety, ethics, and the law.
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D.
Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel is a biblical text combining court tales and apocalyptic visions that portrays the faithfulness of Daniel in exile and offers symbolic prophecies about future kingdoms and divine deliverance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Jewish text
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biblical book ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition |
Hellenistic era
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likely between 2nd and 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedRuler |
Ptolemaic king of Egypt
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Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ |
| audience |
Greek-speaking Jewish diaspora
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Hellenistic Jews ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
accepted in Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
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non-canonical in Jewish Tanakh ⓘ non-canonical in Roman Catholic Bible ⓘ non-canonical in most Protestant Bibles ⓘ |
| genre |
diaspora Jewish literature
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historical narrative ⓘ martyrdom literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
miraculous thwarting of the elephants
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planned massacre using intoxicated elephants ⓘ royal order to register and brand Jews ⓘ subsequent favor granted to Jews by the king ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPurpose |
affirmation of God’s sovereignty over foreign rulers
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encouragement to persecuted Jewish communities ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish identity in the diaspora
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divine protection ⓘ faithfulness under oppression ⓘ miraculous deliverance ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| motif |
angelic or divine intervention
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prayer and fasting ⓘ reversal of royal edicts ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
attempted destruction of Jews in Egypt
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deliverance of Jews from royal decree ⓘ |
| partOf | Septuagint ⓘ |
| preservation | preserved in Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
1 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees ⓘ 4 Maccabees ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Old Testament apocrypha ⓘ |
| scripturalUse | read in Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Alexandria
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linked to:
Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt ⓘ |
| titleRelation |
not directly about the Maccabean revolt
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shares thematic links with 1 and 2 Maccabees ⓘ |
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Subject: 3 Maccabees Description of subject: 3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
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