2 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 2 Maccabees canonical | 24 |
| Second Book of Maccabees | 3 |
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Target entity: 2 Maccabees Context triple: [Septuagint, includesDeuterocanonicalBook, 2 Maccabees]
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1 Maccabees
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 2 Maccabees Target entity description: 2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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A.
1 Maccabees
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic Jewish literature
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Jewish historical work ⓘ biblical book ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| apocryphalFor | most Protestant traditions ⓘ |
| associatedWithFeast | Hanukkah ⓘ |
| basedOn | five-volume history by Jason of Cyrene ⓘ |
| canonicalIn |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| canonStatus | deuterocanonical ⓘ |
| containsStoryOf |
martyrdom of Eleazar
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martyrdom of the seven brothers and their mother ⓘ purification of the Temple ⓘ |
| coversEvents |
Maccabean Revolt
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surface form:
Jewish revolt against Seleucid Empire
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| coversPeriod | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
divine justice
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faithfulness to the Torah ⓘ intercession of the living for the dead ⓘ martyrdom as witness to faith ⓘ prayer and fasting ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
martyrdom of Jewish faithful
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persecution under Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ rededication of the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ |
| genre |
historical narrative
ⓘ
martyrdom literature ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Maccabees ⓘ
surface form:
Judas Maccabeus
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| keyTheme |
God’s sovereignty over history
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divine retribution and reward ⓘ martyrdom and hope of resurrection ⓘ sanctity of the Temple ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| notASimpleSequelTo | 1 Maccabees ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 15 ⓘ |
| partOf | Septuagint ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| relatedWork | 1 Maccabees ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| setting |
Jerusalem
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Judea ⓘ |
| sourceFor | history of the Maccabean period ⓘ |
| structure | preface and historical narrative ⓘ |
| subject | Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| title |
2 Maccabees
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Second Book of Maccabees
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Subject: 2 Maccabees Description of subject: 2 Maccabees is a Jewish historical and religious work recounting the Maccabean revolt and associated martyrdoms, recognized as deuterocanonical in some Christian traditions.
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