2 Maccabees

Summary

2 Maccabees is a religious text^[1]. It draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #59 of 234).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2 Maccabees's instance of is recorded as religious text^[3].
• 2 Maccabees's genre is history book^[4].
• 2 Maccabees followed 1 Maccabees^[5].
• 2 Maccabees was followed by 3 Maccabees^[6].
• 2 Maccabees is part of deuterocanonical books^[7].
• 2 Maccabees is part of Books of the Maccabees^[8].
• 2 Maccabees's Commons category is recorded as 2 Maccabees^[9].
• 2 Maccabees's language of work or name is recorded as Biblical Greek^[10].
• 2 Maccabees was released on 1 BC^[11].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Antiochus IV Epiphanes^[12].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Heliodorus^[13].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Onias III^[14].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Jason^[15].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Menelaus^[16].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Eleazar^[17].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Woman with seven sons^[18].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Judah Maccabee^[19].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Nicanor^[20].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Gorgias^[21].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Lysias^[22].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Ptolemy Macron^[23].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Timothy^[24].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Demetrius I Soter^[25].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Alcimus^[26].
• 2 Maccabees's characters is recorded as Jeremiah^[27].

Body

Publication

2 Maccabees was released on 1 BC^[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Biblical Greek^[10]. Its genre is history book^[4]. Part of include deuterocanonical books^[7], a religious text^[28] and Books of the Maccabees^[8], a group of literary works^[29].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Maccabean Revolt^[30] and Hanukkah^[31].

Adaptations and Inspiration

2 Maccabees followed 1 Maccabees^[5]. It was followed by 3 Maccabees^[6].

Why It Matters

2 Maccabees draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (religious_text category, ranking #59 of 234).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]