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4 Maccabees
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4 Maccabees is the oldest Jewish writing entirely devoted to martyrdom and one of the four Maccabean books that are part of the Septuagint. It is an anonymous work that combines a philosophical treatise about the autonomy of reason based on religion with praise for the Maccabean martyrs, heroes whose heroic death is already reported in 2 Maccabees 6–7. This chapter offers a survey of the introductory issues (transmission of the text, date, provenance, literary features) and a detailed discussion of the book’s extensive reinterpretation of the Maccabean martyrdoms and important themes: beneficial death, vindication of the martyrs, and political significance of the martyrdoms.
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4 Maccabees is the oldest Jewish writing entirely devoted to martyrdom and one of the four Maccabean books that are part of the Septuagint.
It is an anonymous work that combines a philosophical treatise about the autonomy of reason based on religion with praise for the Maccabean martyrs, heroes whose heroic death is already reported in 2 Maccabees 6–7.
This chapter offers a survey of the introductory issues (transmission of the text, date, provenance, literary features) and a detailed discussion of the book’s extensive reinterpretation of the Maccabean martyrdoms and important themes: beneficial death, vindication of the martyrs, and political significance of the martyrdoms.
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