3 Maccabees
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3 Maccabees is an ancient Jewish text, preserved in the Septuagint and accepted in the Eastern Orthodox biblical canon, that recounts the persecution and miraculous deliverance of Jews under the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Jewish text
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biblical book ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition |
Hellenistic era
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likely between 2nd and 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedRuler |
Ptolemaic king of Egypt
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Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ |
| audience |
Greek-speaking Jewish diaspora
ⓘ
Hellenistic Jews ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
accepted in Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
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non-canonical in Jewish Tanakh ⓘ non-canonical in Roman Catholic Bible ⓘ non-canonical in most Protestant Bibles ⓘ |
| genre |
diaspora Jewish literature
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historical narrative ⓘ martyrdom literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
miraculous thwarting of the elephants
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planned massacre using intoxicated elephants ⓘ royal order to register and brand Jews ⓘ subsequent favor granted to Jews by the king ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPurpose |
affirmation of God’s sovereignty over foreign rulers
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encouragement to persecuted Jewish communities ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish identity in the diaspora
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divine protection ⓘ faithfulness under oppression ⓘ miraculous deliverance ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| motif |
angelic or divine intervention
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prayer and fasting ⓘ reversal of royal edicts ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
attempted destruction of Jews in Egypt
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deliverance of Jews from royal decree ⓘ |
| partOf | Septuagint ⓘ |
| preservation | preserved in Greek manuscripts of the Septuagint ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
1 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees ⓘ 4 Maccabees ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalCategory | Old Testament apocrypha ⓘ |
| scripturalUse | read in Eastern Orthodox liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Alexandria, Egypt
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surface form:
Alexandria
Egypt ⓘ |
| titleRelation |
not directly about the Maccabean revolt
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shares thematic links with 1 and 2 Maccabees ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.