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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1 Maccabees canonical | 29 |
| First Book of Maccabees | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157734 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: 1 Maccabees Context triple: [Septuagint, includesDeuterocanonicalBook, 1 Maccabees]
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Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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Ezra–Nehemiah
Ezra–Nehemiah is a biblical work that narrates the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon, the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple and walls, and the community’s religious and social reforms.
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Maccabean Revolt
The Maccabean Revolt was a 2nd-century BCE Jewish uprising against Seleucid rule that led to the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and is commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
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Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" is a first-century historical account by the Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus that chronicles the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem and related events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 1 Maccabees Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Ezra–Nehemiah
Ezra–Nehemiah is a biblical work that narrates the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon, the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple and walls, and the community’s religious and social reforms.
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C.
Maccabean Revolt
The Maccabean Revolt was a 2nd-century BCE Jewish uprising against Seleucid rule that led to the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and is commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
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D.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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E.
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" is a first-century historical account by the Jewish-Roman historian Flavius Josephus that chronicles the Jewish revolt against Rome, culminating in the siege of Jerusalem and related events.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1 Maccabees Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (31)
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