1 Maccabees

Summary

1 Maccabees is a religious text^[1]. It draws 420 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #45 of 234).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as religious text^[3].
• 1 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• 1 Maccabees's genre is history book^[5].
• 1 Maccabees was followed by 2 Maccabees^[6].
• 1 Maccabees is part of deuterocanonical books^[7].
• 1 Maccabees is part of Jewish apocryphon^[8].
• 1 Maccabees is part of list of books of the Bible^[9].
• 1 Maccabees is part of Books of the Maccabees^[10].
• 1 Maccabees's Commons category is recorded as 1 Maccabees^[11].
• 1 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Hebrew^[12].
• 1 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Jewish Koine Greek^[13].
• 200 BC marks the founding of 1 Maccabees^[14].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Mattathias^[15].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Judah Maccabee^[16].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Antiochus IV Epiphanes^[17].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Jonathan Apphus^[18].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Simon Thassi^[19].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as John Gaddi^[20].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Eleazar Avaran^[21].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Antiochus V^[22].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Lysias^[23].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Demetrius I Soter^[24].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Demetrius II Nicator^[25].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Gorgias^[26].
• 1 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Nicanor^[27].

Body

Publication

Languages include Hebrew^[12] and Jewish Koine Greek^[13]. 1 Maccabees's genre is history book^[5]. Part of include deuterocanonical books^[7], a religious text^[28]; Jewish apocryphon^[8], a literary genre^[29]; list of books of the Bible^[9]; and Books of the Maccabees^[10], a group of literary works^[30].

Adaptations and Inspiration

1 Maccabees was followed by 2 Maccabees^[6].

Why It Matters

1 Maccabees draws 420 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #45 of 234).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]