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"Reading the Bible: Genesis to Revelation"--1 Maccabees

Resistance, Adaptation, and the Maccabees

[1 Maccabees] Dive into Jewish life under Greek rule in the 2nd century BC in 1 Maccabees. View the struggle for Jewish independence as a dramatic story marked by the tension between resistance and adaptation. Also, consider the debate over whether or not this book truly belongs in the Bible.