History2 Maccabees
Deuterocanonical · History · 15 chapters
A theological retelling of the Maccabean struggle, with accounts of martyrdom, prayer for the dead and hope in the resurrection.
Context
- Genre
- Epitomized history
- Authorship
- Summarizes a work by Jason of Cyrene (2 Maccabees 2:23)
- Date
- 2nd century BCE
- Setting
- Jerusalem and Judea
- Original language
- Greek
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