4 Maccabees

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4 Maccabees is a Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work that uses the story of the Maccabean martyrs to argue for the supremacy of reason guided by Torah over the passions.

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4 Maccabees canonical 4
Fourth Book of Maccabees 2
IV Maccabees 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic Jewish philosophical work ⓘ
Jewish religious text ⓘ
intertestamental literature ⓘ
martyrdom narrative ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
audience Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
basedOnEventsDescribedIn 2 Maccabees ⓘ
canonicalStatusIn appendix to Greek Orthodox Bible ⓘ
generally non-canonical in Roman Catholic canon ⓘ
included in some editions of the Septuagint ⓘ
non-canonical in Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
non-canonical in Protestant Old Testament ⓘ
centralConcept martyrdom as victory of reason ⓘ
rational piety ⓘ
self-control ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1st century CE (approximate) ⓘ
emphasizes control of bodily passions ⓘ
moral reasoning ⓘ
obedience to the Law ⓘ
ethicalFocus courage in persecution ⓘ
fidelity to Jewish law unto death ⓘ
focusesOnCharacter Eleazar ⓘ
mother of the seven brothers ⓘ
seven Maccabean brothers ⓘ
genre diaspora Jewish literature ⓘ
philosophical discourse ⓘ
hasTitle Fourth Book of Maccabees ⓘ
linked to: 4 Maccabees

IV Maccabees ⓘ
linked to: 4 Maccabees
influenced later Christian views of martyrdom ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice philosophical argumentation using historical exempla ⓘ
literaryForm rhetorical oration ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Hellenistic ethics ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Eastern Mediterranean (probable) ⓘ
Syrian or Palestinian Jewish diaspora (hypothesized) ⓘ
preservedIn manuscripts of the Septuagint tradition ⓘ
primaryTheme martyrdom for the Law ⓘ
reason guided by Torah ⓘ
supremacy of reason over the passions ⓘ
relatedWork 1 Maccabees ⓘ
2 Maccabees ⓘ
3 Maccabees ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
scripturalAuthority Torah ⓘ
structure homiletic or sermon-like composition ⓘ
survivesIn Greek manuscripts ⓘ
ancient translations and quotations ⓘ
usesNarrativeOf Maccabean martyrs ⓘ
linked to: Maccabees

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Hellenistic Jews → notableWork → 4 Maccabees ⓘ
1 Maccabees → relatedWork → 4 Maccabees ⓘ
3 Maccabees → relatedWork → 4 Maccabees ⓘ
4 Maccabees → hasTitle → Fourth Book of Maccabees ⓘ
linked to: 4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees → hasTitle → IV Maccabees ⓘ
linked to: 4 Maccabees
Books of the Maccabees → hasPart → 4 Maccabees ⓘ
martyrdom of the seven brothers and their mother → describedIn → Fourth Book of Maccabees ⓘ
linked to: 4 Maccabees