Audio book of maccabees

I and my brothers and my fathers house have fought the wars of israel from our youth until today, and many times we succeeded in saving israel. Page 1 apocrypha 1st maccabees of the king james bible 1611. Apocrypha 1st maccabees of the king james bible 1611. This is the full, uninterrupted audiobook of the 14 books of the apocrypha listen with the passion this masterpiece deserves by number one bestselling voice talent steve cook. It received its name probably because it is a fiction concerning the persecution of the. It tells how the greek ruler antiochus iv epiphanes attempted to. The books of the maccabees, four books, none of which is in the hebrew bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the septuagint. The first book of maccabees all chapters the bible youtube. It is radically different from the other books of maccabees, and in spite of a greater number of chapters, it is slightly shorter than 2 maccabees and only half as long as 1 maccabees in actual text. Please enter your name, your email and your question regarding the product in the fields below, and well answer you in the next 2448 hours. The books of 1 and 2 maccabees the bart ehrman blog. But the contents of the book do not agree with this view.

Removed from the bible by the protestant church in the 1800s. Protestants, jews, and some others regard it as generally reliable historically, but not a part of scripture. The canon of orthodox deuterocanonical books and the armenian bible list 3 maccabees, while 4 maccabees is listed in the canon of the georgian orthodox bible. The third book of maccabees, also called 3 maccabees, or ptolemaics by pseudoathanasius is found in most orthodox bibles as a part of the anagignoskomena. English bible according to the catholic and orthodox canons. The books of 1 and 2 maccabees are early jewish writings detailing the history of the jews in the first century bc. The book is a story about a situation in which the jewish people, this time in. It is included in the catholic and eastern orthodox canons. Librivox recording of the first book of maccabees, from the. Hardcover, preloaded digital audio player the five books of maccabees. Some scholars consider the book to be a kind of introduction to the books of maccabees, and cotton for one has located it first in his five books of maccabees. The five books of maccabees in english internet archive.

The setting of 1st and 2nd maccabees is about a century and a half after the conquest of judea by the greeks under alexander. Perhaps the term maccabees was generalized so as to denote all who suffered for their faith. Audiobook nonfiction, holiday chanukah this is the exciting saga of judah maccabee, and of the jewish peoples fight to keep their freedom and gods law. Both books are part of the canon of scripture in the greek orthodox. Testaments of the twelve fatherlandchiefs patriachs jannes and jambres fragments revelation of zephaniah fragments prayer of manasseh preaching of peter fragments revelation of peter.

Part of the bible according to the catholic and orthodox canons. Attempts to suppress jewish religious practices caused. The book covers the revolt against the seleucid occupiers of judah recounting miraculous exploits and grisly martyrdoms giving all glory for the victories to god alone. The original maccabees bible download ebook pdf, epub. The books of the maccabees, maccabees also spelled machabees, four books, none of which is in the hebrew bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the septuagint. Books of maccabees encyclopedia of the bible bible gateway. The books of the maccabees biblical literature britannica. The book of 1 maccabees was written in hebrew and later translated into greek. The books of the maccabees are books concerned with the maccabees, the leaders of the jewish rebellion against the seleucid dynasty and related subjects the term mostly refers to two deuterocanonical books contained in various canons of the bible. The two were at odds for most of the book, a fact that my book club felt was more a product of a 21st century understanding than would have been true during their own time period. Some hold that the book was written originally as a kind of introduction to the books of maccabees, which it precedes as book i in cottons five books of maccabees. Further to the east from australia, we encounter south and central america, which well explore with 10 gems from our catalog. The second book of maccabees all chapters the bible.

This is the exciting saga of judah maccabee, and of the jewish peoples fight to keep their freedom and gods law. The word apocrypha originates from the greek word apokruphos, which means hidden, referencing to its selective state in different renditions of books consequently, many have sought to discover why this is so. Removed from the bible by the protestant church in the 1800s by and god jul 11, 2017 4. The first book of maccabees all chapters the bible. Click download or read online button to get the original maccabees bible book now. The first book of maccabees acknowledged as one of the most perfect books of ancient history relates the events in the war and the deeds of the five maccabean brothers, from the year 170 to b. Indeed, so distinct are these two works that one must not label the epitome the second book of maccabees, as if it were a continuation of 1 maccabees. However, the book of daniel, although included within the canon, is to a large extent written in aramaic. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The name maccabee, probably meaning hammer, is actually applied in the books of maccabees to only one man, judas, third son of the priest mattathias and first leader of the revolt against the seleucid kings who persecuted the jews 1 mc 2. Attempts to suppress jewish religious practices caused revolt. The story is told through the first person pov of judah and his wife, leah. Jan 02, 2020 the first book, although written from a biased perspective, does not directly mention god or divine intervention.

For 800 years the zadokite priesthood has led the jewish people. The books of 3 and 4 maccabees are ancient jewish writings included in various lists of the orthodox church canon. Why the maccabees arent in the bible my jewish learning. Listen to 1st and 2nd book of maccabees by unknown at. Use highlighting, underlining, and take notes while you study the bible. The book is a story about a situation in which the jewish people, this time in egypt, were in danger of being annihilated by a hellenistic monarch, who was attempting to top their religious convictions and practices. Books of undetermined, uncertain, or doubtful authority. The book of 2 machabees more commonly rendered 2 maccabees is an abridgement of another work, now lost, which describes the events surrounding the defeat of antiochus iv epiphanes.

The third book of the maccabees has in reality nothing to do either with the maccabees or with their times. Even more problematic is the fact that scholars believe that the first book of maccabees was indeed written originally in hebrew, therefore meeting the language criterion for inclusionand yet it is absent from the biblical canon. The holy bible book 26 ezekiel kjv dramatized audio. My reason for doing so has to do with my topic of the afterlife.

The first and second books of maccabees, though regarded by jews and protestants as apocryphal, i. The book is held as canonical scripture by catholic, orthodox, and oriental. In yesterdays post i discussed the maccabean revolt, and in todays i need to summarize our principal sources of information about the revolt, the books of 1 and 2 maccabees. The first book of maccabees i maccabees is historical work extant in greek, covering the period of 40 years from the accession of antiochus epiphanes 175 b.

Hanukkah or chanukah is an annual jewish celebration in the late falle. The name maccabee was a title of honour given to judas, a son of mattathias and the hero of the jewish wars of independence, 168164. The first two books only are part of canonical scripture in the septuagint and the vulgate hence are canonical to roman catholicism and eastern orthodoxy and. The second book has a more theological slant, advancing several doctrines followed by the orthodox and roman catholic churches. The five books of maccabees in english by cotton, henry, 17891879. Rather, it is another book about the maccabean era. Librivox recording of the first book of maccabees, from the douayrheims version. It tells how the greek ruler antiochus iv epiphanes attempted to suppress the jewish religion, resulting in the maccabean revolt from 175 to 4. A theological treatise such as 2 maccabees differed widely from the unadorned, factual approach found in 1 maccabees. Catholics consider it to be an example of pseudepigrapha and do not regard it as canonical. The book is a philosophical discourse on the superiority of pious or religious reason in the life of a godly man. Listen to 1st and 2nd book of maccabees audiobook by unknown. Maccabees, priestly family of jews who organized a successful rebellion against the seleucid ruler antiochus iv and reconsecrated the defiled temple of jerusalem.