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1 Maccabees


Alexander’s Flight to Heavens with Griffins, from Peter Comestor’s Historia Scholastica by Unknown artist, Austria
Alexander Summoning His Generals to His Deathbed and Dividing His Empire Among them, from the Bible of Borso d’Este (vol. 2) by Taddeo Crivelli
Alexander Killing Darius, from the Breviary of Pope Martin V by Unknown artist, Avignon

The Marvellous King the Bible Could not Ignore

1 Maccabees 1:1–9

Mattathias Opposing a Heathen Sacrifice by Zeev Raban
Judas Maccabeus, The Warrior by Jack Levine
Hanukkah lamp by Yihye Yemini

Reclaiming the Maccabees

1 Maccabees 2


Additions to the Book of Daniel: Susanna

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