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2 Maccabees

Judas Maccabeus was a Jewish priest (kohen) and a son of the priest Mattathias. He was an early leader in the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire, taking over from his father around 166 BCE, and leading the revolt until his death in 160 BCE.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Dedication") commemorates the restoration of Jewish worship at the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BC after Judah Maccabee removed all of the statues depicting Greek gods and goddesses and purified it.

Title - Thesis
Scroll
Short Description
Synthesis 2nd Temple
Antithesis
Synthesis Apostolic
Synthesis Amoraim
Continent Origin
Southern Worldview
Northern Worldview
2 Maccabees
Scroll 57
Story of Judas Maccabeus
2 Maccabees
Judah the Maccabee
Deuterocanonical
NA
Africa
Book of Histories
Apocrypha
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Title/Thesis - The name of the book in American English

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Synthesis 2nd Temple - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from 2nd temple Judaism up to the 1st century

Antithesis - The name of the book in another language

Synthesis Apostolic - The identity of the book in order of its presentation according to Tradition in the church after the 3rd century

Synthesis Amoraim - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from Tannaim up to the 5th century​

Continent Origin - Continent from where the Text Type Source comes from

Southern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. South means Africa or Egypt (Alexandrian) such as LXX. South of Palestine.​

Northern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. North means Asia or Persia (Babylonian) such as Masoretic. North of Palestine.

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Judah the Maccabee

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The Adoration of the Magi (wise men from the East): Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar with the Shepherds of Bethlehem Commemorated every December 24 in the Roman Catholic (Gregorian Calendar aka Revised Julian Calendar or New Style) and January 6 in the Orthodox Tradition (Julian Calendar aka Old Style).

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