Deuterocanon / 2 Maccabees / 7
- 2 Maccabees 7:6 / Deuteronomy 32:36
- 2 Maccabees 7:9 / Daniel 12:2
- 2 Maccabees 7:20 / Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.203
- 2 Maccabees 7:22 / Psalm 139:13
- 2 Maccabees 7:22 / Ecclesiastes 11:5
- 2 Maccabees 7:23 / Hebrews 11:35
- 2 Maccabees 7:28 / Hilary of Poitiers On the Trinity 4.16
- 2 Maccabees 7:28 / Isaiah 51:6
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.