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2 Maccabees
- about 100 BC
- Greek
- Protestant Catholic Orthodox Ethiopian
Should it be in the Bible?
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Jesus, the New Testament and this book
- Hebrews 11:35 ("others were tortured… to obtain a better resurrection") is widely read as the martyrs of 2 Maccabees 7.