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I Maccabees, a historical book not included in the Hebrew Bible but considered canonical by some Christians, opens with a bang, dropping us right into the aftermath of Alexander’s ...
The First Book of Maccabees, a historical account not found in the Hebrew Bible but considered canonical by some Christians, opens with a sweeping overview of Alexander the Great. ...
Sometimes, it's not as glorious as we imagine. The Book of Maccabees I opens with a scene far removed from the triumphant rededication of the Temple that we celebrate during Hanukk...
Our tale begins in the year 137 of the Greek kingdom. Now, this wasn't just any kingdom; it was the sprawling empire that Alexander the Great had forged, now fractured and ruled by...
We're going to look at the beginning of the Book of Maccabees I. Our scene opens with Antiochus. Now, this wasn't just any Antiochus; this was Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a king of the...
The First Book of Maccabees gives us a glimpse into just that—the tragic events leading up to the Maccabean revolt. It paints a vivid, almost painful picture of the moment when the...
That’s the picture painted for us in the opening of the Book of Maccabees I. The scene is Israel, and a pall has fallen over the land. "Therefore there was a great mourning in Isra...
That's the story that unfolds in the Book of Maccabees, and it starts with a wolf in sheep's clothing. The passage we're looking at from 1 Maccabees 1 describes the actions of Anti...
That’s exactly what happened to Jerusalem in the time leading up to the Maccabean revolt, as described in the Book of Maccabees I. Imagine your most sacred space, your place of wor...
