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Categories: 2nd-century BC books, Articles with short description, Jewish apocrypha, Hasmonean dynasty, Texts in Koine Greek
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II Maccabees  2 Maccabees  2 Macc  2 Macc.  II Macc.
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An Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus, tells about the Jews' revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus Open English WordNet
2 Maccabees, also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him. Wikipedia
Deuterocanonical book which focuses on the Maccabean Revolt Wikidata
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants. Wiktionary
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