", The Church Father Origen relates that the title of the Hebrew original was Sarbeth Sarbanael, translated either as "the Book of the Prince of the House of Israel" or "the Book of the Dynasty of God's resisters.". (He had previously become king of Greece.) They will not sin in order to save their lives. And they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary. He also requires Jewish leaders to sacrifice to idols. The Greek text is extant in two of the three oldest codices of the Greek Septuagint: the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Alexandrinus. Simon, who was called Thassi; The Latin translation is sometimes useful to identify certain changes made by Lucian of Antioch to the Greek text.[66]. Naturally, any account of the war of liberation led by Judas Maccabeus would have this effect and would show that victory was due to Gods powerful aid (2:19-22). He interprets the Maccabean victory not as a miraculous intervention by God, but rather as God's using the instrument of the military genius of the Maccabees to achieve his divine ends. Look out for the similarities and differences between the two. The Second Book of the Maccabees. (Jason of Cyrene was a Hellenized Jew who wrote a five-volume history on the times of the Maccabees. 1 Samuel. Although 1 Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew (some you can tell from the sentence structure) it exists now only in Greek. Acts of the Apostles. He refuses to comply with Antiochus' officers and, in an act of utter defiance, murders a Jew who attempts to offer pagan sacrifice, killing the officer as well. Ptolemy, a loyal general of Alexanders, was made satrap of Egypt in 323 when Alexander died, and in 304 he assumed the title of king, annexing Cyprus, Palestine, and the Lebanon. It was portrayed as a center of athletic and intellectual life. And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die. Antiochus makes Judaism illegal. The period of peace and prosperity is celebrated in a biblical-style poetic passage, the "Eulogy of Simon",[36] which Rappaport considers to be "one of the most important poetic passages in 1 Maccabees".[37]. [44] That said, our knowledge of the Sadducees is scant, so it is difficult to know for sure. The author sees the revolt as divinely ordained, but downplays direct divine intervention such as miracles. Judas victory over Nicanor ensures the liberation of the Jewish people and guarantees the proper worship of the true God. He was familiar with the traditions and sacred books of his people and had access to much reliable information on their recent history (from 175 to 134 B.C.). 1 After Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated[ a] King Darius of the Persians and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. If this is all new to you, don't worrywe're here to help. It came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of the Persians and Medes, it came to pass, after he had struck him, that he reigned in his stead, in former time, over Greece. And from the people were gathered together to them many, every one that had forsaken the law; and they did evil things in the land; VERSE 53. and they made israel to hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had. Both books, which Protestants regard as apocryphal, were recognized by the Fathers as inspired [and canonical at the Councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397, 419)] and were later [again] defined as canonical by the Council of Trent (1546). Shortly before his death, he divides his kingdom among his generals. [note 2] All agree that the book was written before 63 BC, as the author shows great admiration toward Rome and does not know of the Roman general Pompey conquering Jerusalem and reducing the Hasmonean kingdom to a client state of the Roman Republic in that year. These include four laments and three hymns of praise. VERSE 34. And he took the spoils of the city, and set it on fire, and pulled down the houses thereof and the walls thereof on every side. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65. Many scholars believe that they were placed there after the composition of the book by some inspired editor . 2 He undertook many campaigns, gained possession of many fortresses, and put the local kings to death. VERSE 25. After a short introduction the book describes the Jewish uprising against Antiochus, whose persecution led to the desecration of the Temple. John R. Bartlett argues for somewhere between 11090 BCE. [ a] 2 He had five sons: John, who was called Gaddi; 3 Simon, who was called Thassi; 4 Judas, who was called Maccabeus; 5 Eleazar, who was called Avaran; and Jonathan, who was called . In Chapter 2, there is a line from a dying Mattathias who tells his sons to always listen to Simon and that "he shall be your father", seemingly praising him even over Judas. Alternate titles: The Books of the Machabees. This history includes battles with Antiochus IV and his son. For some more Biblical back history about the Exile and return of the Jews from Babylonian Exile, please read 2 Kings (Chapter 20:12-18), 2 Kings (Chapter 25), Jeremiah, Ezra, and Nehemiah. In 1 Maccabees, those dissatisfied with the Hasmoneans "hated their nation"[39] as a whole; the Hasmoneans were equated with Judea itself. The author was an enthusiastic a supporter of the Maccabees who shows little sympathy with either their Jewish or Greek opponents. 62 Do not fear the words of sinners, for their splendour will turn into dung and worms. First Maccabees gives a detailed account of the struggle in Palestine over a period of fifty years, from the time Antiochus IV Epiphanes came to the throne up to the death of Simon, the last of the Maccabee brothers (134 B.C.). In this connection it gives a very moving account of the martyrdom of seven brothers, whose names are unknown but who are popularly called the Maccabees (2 Mac 7:1 ff). 1 Maccabees - Chapter 1. The narrative reports that news of the desolation reaches Mattathias and his five sons, a priestly family who live in Modein. 2He fought many battles, conquered strongholds, and put to death the kings of the earth. Judas, nicknamed Maccabeus, probably meaning "hammer," continues his military exploits and also seeks an alliance with the Roman Republic to remove the Greeks. He shows intimate and detailed geographical knowledge of the Judea, Galilee, and their environs, but is inaccurate in his information about foreign countries. came there forth out of Israel. The Hasmoneans were not an obvious choice to be rulers; they did not descend from the priestly line of Zadok that had taken the office of High Priest for generations at the point of the Maccabean Revolt. The author seeks to promote the view that the Hasmoneans were indeed God's new chosen and would-be rulers in line with heroes of the Hebrew Bible. 1 Maccabees is the most extensive source of information on events in Judea from 175 to 135. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them; and she became a habitation of strangers, and she became strange to those who were born in her, and her children forsook her. After the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.) In general, its chronology coheres with that of I Maccabees. For more details about the Maccabees family and battles with the Greeks, please read 1 Maccabees. The author is unknown. And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the kings sentence delivered him to death. they made themselves uncircumcised. Luckily, when a skateboard courier called Y.T. Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. As a surname it was also applied to his brothers and, by extension . A Greek version of the text was printed for the first time in 15141517 in the Complutensian Polyglot Bible. Not only the leaders, but also circumcised infants and their mothers are killed as a warning to others. But they did not belong to the family of those men through whom deliverance was given to Israel. VERSE 58. At first, it was used to describe the martyrs described in 2 Maccabees. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. While he clearly portrays a divine providence behind the history he presents, the narrator refrains from the miracle stories and other legends found in 2 Maccabees, which deals with much of the same material. [20] The book is not written in colloquial "common" Koine Greek of the 2nd century BC, but rather a more archaic style of Greek consciously imitative of the style of older scriptures. And the women that had circumcised their children they put to death according to the commandment. Throughout the early Christian period, IV Maccabees was wrongly attributed to Josephus. He may also have consulted it for Book 1 of The Jewish War. Maccabees , (fl. As we know, those who have left this world and enjoy the beatific vision, in the same act of charity in which they love God, are also praying for their brothers, who are members of the Church like themselves. More. The surviving Greek script has Hebraisms and Hebrew idioms. Some even engage in foreskin restoration. The second book overlaps with the first, starting earlier. This is alluded to in two other passages: Daniel 9:27. his heart was lifted up. Some Protestants include the book as biblical apocrypha, material useful for background and edification but that is not canonical. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. At Explore the Faith, I share insights into the Bible and theological writings. They establish a gymnasium, where men socialized in the nude. He also confirms alliances with both Rome and Sparta (1 Macc. And he had five sons, John, who was surnamed Gaddis; VERSE 3. If you like what I write, become my partner by donating. [32] Ultimately the relationship between Jonathan and Demetrius breaks down: Maccabees' opinion is that Demetrius "broke his word about all that he had promised; he became estranged from Jonathan and did not repay the favors that Jonathan had done him, but treated him very harshly". He relented after angels intervened on behalf of the Jews. The words "God" and "Lord" never occur in the text, always being replaced by "Heaven" or "He.". One is that it was simply "too new," dealing with a period several centuries after the traditional end of Jewish prophecy. And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were; the beauty of the women was changed. [47] No angels or miracles come to save the Jews; rather, it is the divinely-approved firm leadership of the Hasmoneans that leads to victory.[9]. (2) 1 Maccabees 1:11-16:24: History of the Jews from 175 to 135 BC. CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, RESOURCES: Summary, Outline, Memorize, Chronology. The Maccabees then ruled over Israel, first as High Priests and then as High Priests and Princes of Israel. The second book is even more important from the doctrinal point of view. It later became a title given to the rebels as a whole around the 3rd-5th century AD, hence the Septuagint naming the works as books of the Maccabees. the hundred and forty and third year. 2 He had five sons: John, who was called Gaddi; 3 Simon, who Their faith in the resurrection, which they explicitly assert (v. 11), gives them the courage to undergo terrible sufferings to keep the holy Law of God, sufferings in which they are also supported by their mothers faith. And the saying was good in their eyes. In the year 142 BCE, after more than 500 years of subjugation, the Jews were again masters of their own fate. for the second, on the basis of the information given in the first letter they refer to (2 Mace. Simon is succeeded by his third son, John Hyrcanus, whose two elder brothers, Mattathias and Judah, had been murdered, together with their father. From the time of Alexander onward Greek culture spread throughout the Middle East. VERSE 37. Nothing is known about the author of 1 Maccabees other than that the attention to detail and knowledge of events suggests that he was an eye witness or had access to eyewitness accounts. This caused the Maccabean revolt, led by Mattathias and his sons. He achieves semi-independence from the Seleucid Empire and gains recognition of his rulership from the Roman Senate in 139. Finally, he desecrates the Temple by setting up an "abomination of desolation" there, apparently either a pagan idol or a bust of himself. This page was last edited on 16 October 2020, at 19:27. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/p/index.php?title=1_Maccabees&oldid=1044072, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. Related to this is the issue that including 1 Maccabees in the canon may have given legitimacy to other texts in the Septuagint that were more problematic for the rabbis. VERSE 33. IV Maccabees has scanty historical information and belongs to the Maccabees series only because it deals with the beginning of the persecution of Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes. They are in the Public Domain. [49]He argues that the author was likely an eyewitness to at least some of the battles described given his great accuracy and plausibility in describing terrain and troop movements, and was able to obtain firsthand accounts from others in interviews. Registered charity 232759. Friend and confederate. And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and killed the kings of the earth. 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