The HarperCollins Study Bible - New Revised Standard Version
Judas Maccabeus is mentioned in 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees. These are considered 'deutero-canonical' books and are included in the Catholic Bible, but not the Protestant Bible.
The volume that contains the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees is called the Apocrypha. Those books and several others considered noncanonical (not authoritative doctrinally) were ultimately excluded from the Jewish and Protestant renditions of the Bible, though historically they were included in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Jewish Bible), the Vulgate (a Latin translation of the Bible) and a number of other earlier translations, including Luther's Bible and the 1611 King James version. The Apocrypha are still included today, however, in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox renditions of the Bible.
1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees actually are in the Catholic Bible, and can be read there. However, they were not accepted in the Hebrew Bible and are not in the Protestant Bible. One problem with the two books of Maccabees is that, although they were written around the same time and deal with the same period in Judean history, they are too much at variance as to what really happened. Moreover, 1 Maccabees is not really a religious document, while 2 Maccabees is considered by many to be simply too unrealistic to be taken seriously.
A:There are actually four Books of Maccabees, written by different authors and over a period of centuries. 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees can probably be excluded because they were clearly written long after the time attributed to Jesus. 2 Maccabees was written shortly after 1 Maccabees.The Catholic Bible does include 1 and 2 Maccabees. Both were in the Septuagint scrolls and for that reason were candidates for inclusion, especially as 2 Maccabees includes awe-inspiring stories of angelic warfare as well as supporting the Catholic concept of purgatory.The Jewish academy had elected not to include either 1 Maccabees or 2 Maccabees, with the later books not yet written, and subsequent Protestant theologians were guided by the Hebrew scriptures.
The two books, 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are apocryphal books included in the Catholic Bible, and cover part of the intertestamental period. Whereas 1 Maccabees attempts to be a straight-forward history of the Maccabaean period of the second century BCE, 2 Maccabees places events of approximately the same period in a religious context. It describes how God sent his angels in the form of fantastic horsemen dressed in gold armour, to run down the enemies of the Jews and to throw thunderbolts, divine intervention that had never before been forthcoming in support of the Hebrew people. 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees are less important works that were written much later.
Judas Maccabeus is mentioned in 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees. These are considered 'deutero-canonical' books and are included in the Catholic Bible, but not the Protestant Bible.
The volume that contains the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees is called the Apocrypha. Those books and several others considered noncanonical (not authoritative doctrinally) were ultimately excluded from the Jewish and Protestant renditions of the Bible, though historically they were included in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Jewish Bible), the Vulgate (a Latin translation of the Bible) and a number of other earlier translations, including Luther's Bible and the 1611 King James version. The Apocrypha are still included today, however, in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox renditions of the Bible.
1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees actually are in the Catholic Bible, and can be read there. However, they were not accepted in the Hebrew Bible and are not in the Protestant Bible. One problem with the two books of Maccabees is that, although they were written around the same time and deal with the same period in Judean history, they are too much at variance as to what really happened. Moreover, 1 Maccabees is not really a religious document, while 2 Maccabees is considered by many to be simply too unrealistic to be taken seriously.
The two books, 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are both included in the Catholic Bible. Whereas 1 Maccabeesattempts to be a straight-forward history of the Maccabaean period of the second century BCE, 2 Maccabees places events of approximately the same period in a supernatural context.2 Maccabees describes how God sent his angels in the form of fantastic horsemen dressed in gold armour, to run down the enemies of the Jews and to throw thunderbolts.Unfortunately, the author of 1 Maccabees knew nothing of the themes in 2 Maccabees, although he seems to have lived at about the same time and wrote of approximately the same historical period. Given that the supposed divine interventions, while awe-inspiring, were of a relatively impractical and improbable nature, the more secular account of 1 Maccabeesmust be considered more reliable than that of 2 Maccabees.
A:There are actually four Books of Maccabees, written by different authors and over a period of centuries. 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees can probably be excluded because they were clearly written long after the time attributed to Jesus. 2 Maccabees was written shortly after 1 Maccabees.The Catholic Bible does include 1 and 2 Maccabees. Both were in the Septuagint scrolls and for that reason were candidates for inclusion, especially as 2 Maccabees includes awe-inspiring stories of angelic warfare as well as supporting the Catholic concept of purgatory.The Jewish academy had elected not to include either 1 Maccabees or 2 Maccabees, with the later books not yet written, and subsequent Protestant theologians were guided by the Hebrew scriptures.
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The two books, 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are apocryphal books included in the Catholic Bible, and cover part of the intertestamental period. Whereas 1 Maccabees attempts to be a straight-forward history of the Maccabaean period of the second century BCE, 2 Maccabees places events of approximately the same period in a religious context. It describes how God sent his angels in the form of fantastic horsemen dressed in gold armour, to run down the enemies of the Jews and to throw thunderbolts, divine intervention that had never before been forthcoming in support of the Hebrew people. 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees are less important works that were written much later.
A:From a purely objective point of view, there is no "all 73 books" of the Bible. Prior to the Council of Jamnia in around 96 CE, there were many books that were used by the Jews for religious purposes, but the Council pruned these to just 39 books that were considered to be inspired. Most Protestant Churches accept these 39 books in the Old Testament, plus the New Testament to make a total of 66 books. The standard Roman Catholic Bible contains 15 additional books such as 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees in its Old Testament, and considers them deuterocanonical (second canon), inspired but less so than the canonical books. Any Catholic Bible will provide this more complete set of books. However, most Catholic Bibles do not contain books such as 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees. Ethiopian Orthodox Bibles contain books such as Enoch and Jubilees, but not 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe prayers of the saints and angels are in the following verses in the Bible, please note that Tobit and 2 Maccabees were removed from the King James Version of the Bible, you will need to find a complete Bible to look these up. Jeremiah 15:1Zechariah 1:12Tobit 12:122 Maccabees 15:11-16Luke 15:101 Corinthians 4:9Hebrews 12:1Revelation 1:4Revelation 5:8Revelation 6:9-11Revelation 8:3-4
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Tobit, Judith, 1 & 2 Maccabees.
Yes, there are 7 more: Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Baruch, & Wisdom. However the Catholic Church did not add these books - Martin Luther took them out of the Bible in 397AD because they contained doctrine that he did not believe in. He also wanted to take out the books of James, Revelation, Jude, and Hebrews.