Deuterocanon / 2 Maccabees / 2
- 2 Maccabees 2:2 / Letter of Jeremiah 1:4
- 2 Maccabees 2:5 / Revelation 2:17
- 2 Maccabees 2:5 / Revelation 11:19
- 2 Maccabees 2:5 / Tosefta Sotah 13:1
- 2 Maccabees 2:5 / Jeremiah 3:16
- 2 Maccabees 2:7 / Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.17
- 2 Maccabees 2:11 / Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.18
- 2 Maccabees 2:21 / Galatians 1:14
Summary
Date: 100-90 B.C.E.
The books 1 and 2 Maccabees are twin accounts of the Maccabean/Hasmonean revolt against the Greeks. 2 Maccabees is an evocation of Jewish identity in a turbulent world - scholars suggest many goals of the text, but “Jewish identity” is central. 2 Maccabees is not a sequel to 1 Maccabees - the two texts treat the same events in very different ways. The author of 2 Maccabees was probably unaware of 1 Maccabees, and indeed may have written his volume earlier.