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The second book of the Maccabees

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Father Kevin holy scripture, ii maccabees, judas maccabeus, maccabees

With this second book of the Machabees, I have quite finished the Old Testament. The second book of the Machabees

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The first book of the Maccabees

April 30, 2022May 13, 2022 Father Kevin deuterocanonical, hashmona, hasmonean, history, holy scripture, i maccabees, jewish history, judas maccabeus, maccabees, machabean, mattatias

“As with all political movements, the advance of Greek customs in Judaea had created two rivalling factions – the Jews who wished to remain with their ancestral customs and religion (‘conservatives’) and the Jews who wished to ‘move with the world’ (‘progressives’).”