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TimelineContentsSection VII. High Hellenistic and Maccabean Period · c. 200-100 BCE

2 Maccabees

15 chapters · 555 verses · 16,599 words

Not a sequel but an independent condensation of a five-volume work by Jason of Cyrene, covering a shorter span with a heavier theological hand: martyrdom, bodily resurrection, creation out of nothing, and prayer for the dead. In Catholic and Orthodox Bibles.

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