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The Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating ancient text, gives us a glimpse into just that. It recounts the story of how the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, came ...
The story of Megillat Antiochus throws us right into that pressure cooker. It's a relatively short scroll, considered by some to be a minor megillah, telling the story of the Macca...
This one, from Megillat Antiochus – the Scroll of Antiochus – is definitely one of those. It's a tale of unwavering faith and heartbreaking sacrifice, a testament to the strength o...
That’s the feeling that practically leaps off the page of Megillat Antiochus, an ancient text that recounts the story of Hanukkah from a different angle. This isn't the familiar ta...
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...
The Book of Maccabees I gives us a stark glimpse. Imagine this: a decree echoes across the land, reaching every corner of the kingdom. Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king, is...
That’s the kind of raw, desperate place we find ourselves in at the beginning of the story of Mattathias and the Maccabees. The Book of Maccabees I plunges us into a world where Je...
Sometimes, those objects become more than just reminders. They become imbued with the spirit of the victory itself. That’s exactly what happened with Judas Maccabeus. After a parti...
That’s the feeling that pulses through the First Book of Maccabees as Judas Maccabeus sets about reclaiming the desecrated Temple in Jerusalem. The story is a raw, visceral account...
