An Israelite historian summarizing Jason of Cyrene’s account of persecution and deliverance
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2 Maccabees
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late 2nd c. BCE
Israel remembering martyrdom, temple holiness, resurrection hope, and resistance to Hellenistic oppression
Maccabean History
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