The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees

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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 46: 2 Machabees - Author Unknown
  • Release Date: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Bibles

Description

The author, has given a short abstract of what JASON of Cyrene had written in the five volumes, concerning JUDAS and his brethren. He wrote in Greek, and begins with two letters, sent by the Jews of Jerusalem to their brethren in Egypt. Letters of the Jews of Jerusalem to them that were in Egypt. They give thanks for their delivery from Antiochus: and exhort their brethren to keep the feast of the dedication of the altar, and of the miraculous fire.