1 Maccabees
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1 Maccabees is a historical Jewish work recounting the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BCE, regarded as deuterocanonical by some Christian traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| First Book of Maccabees | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish historical work
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biblical book ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ historical narrative ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInCatholicism | canonical Scripture GENERATED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxy | canonical Scripture GENERATED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInJudaism | non-canonical GENERATED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInProtestantism | Apocrypha GENERATED ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
Alexander Balas
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes GENERATED ⓘ Demetrius I Soter GENERATED ⓘ John Hyrcanus I GENERATED ⓘ Jonathan Apphus GENERATED ⓘ Judas Maccabeus GENERATED ⓘ Mattathias GENERATED ⓘ Simon Thassi GENERATED ⓘ |
| composedAfter | events of the Maccabean revolt GENERATED ⓘ |
| coversEventsFrom | reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes GENERATED ⓘ |
| coversEventsTo | reign of John Hyrcanus I GENERATED ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
origin of the festival of Hanukkah
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rededication of the Jerusalem Temple GENERATED ⓘ |
| extantLanguage | Greek GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
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religious history GENERATED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 2nd century BCE GENERATED ⓘ |
| literaryFeature |
contains official letters and documents
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lacks explicit references to afterlife GENERATED ⓘ lacks explicit references to resurrection GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Hasmonean dynasty
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Maccabean revolt GENERATED ⓘ |
| notPartOf |
Hebrew Bible
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Jewish Tanakh GENERATED ⓘ Protestant biblical canon GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hebrew GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catholic biblical canon
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Eastern Orthodox biblical canon GENERATED ⓘ Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
apocryphal by most Protestants
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deuterocanonical by Catholic Church GENERATED ⓘ deuterocanonical by Eastern Orthodox Church GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
2 Maccabees
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4 Maccabees GENERATED ⓘ |
| setting |
Judea
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Seleucid Empire GENERATED ⓘ |
| structure | 16 chapters GENERATED ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
faithfulness to the Torah
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legitimacy of Hasmonean rule GENERATED ⓘ |
| title | First Book of Maccabees GENERATED ⓘ |
| tradition | Second Temple Judaism GENERATED ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
First Book of Maccabees
this entity surface form:
First Book of Maccabees