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3 Maccabees

book about persecution of the Jews in Ptolemaic Egypt
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3 Maccabees
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
literary work
Inception
1 BC[8]
Genre
Jewish apocryphon[2]
Language of work or name
Biblical Greek[7]
Follows
2 Maccabees[3]
Followed by
4 Maccabees[4]
Part of
deuterocanonical books, Books of the Maccabees[5][6]
Characters
Ptolemy IV Philopator, Antiochus III the Great, Eleazar[9][10][11]
Described by source
Pauly–Wissowa[17]
Entry in abbreviations table
3 Maccabees[24]
Has version, edition or translation
Das dritte Buch der Makkabäer, Bible kralická (1613, moderní pravopis)/První kniha Machabejská, Bible kralická (1613)/První kniha Machabejská[12][13][14]
Narrative location
Alexandria, Second Temple[15][16]
Set in period
3rd century BC[23]
Title
3. Buch der Makkabäer, ΜΑΚΚΑΒΑΙΩΝ Γ, Machabaeorum III, מכב״י, 3 Maccabees[18][19][20][21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en 3 Macc en Third Book of Maccabees en III Maccabees en 3 Maccabees ar سفر المكابيين الثالث cs 3. kniha Makabejská cs Bible/3. Makabejských cs 3. Makabejských da Tredje Makkabæerbog da 3 Makk de 3. Buch der Makkabäer el Μακκαβαίων Γ' es 3 Macabeos fi Kolmas makkabilaiskirja fr 3e Livre des Maccabées fr 3 Maccabées fr Troisième Livre des Maccabées he מקבים ג he ספר מקבים ג hu Makkabeusok harmadik könyve
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
188293780, 178616770
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80083795
GND ID
4436440-4
BIBSYS ID
98032869
BNMM authority ID
000058726
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13330850g
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10567129
Cathopedia article ID
Terzo_libro_dei_Maccabei
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
iiie-livre-des-maccabees
FactGrid item ID
Enrico Porro
Freebase ID
/m/041srv
IdRef ID
25027146X
Show all 20 identifiers +8
J9U entity ID
987007286501805171
McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
M/maccabees-the-third-book-of
MusicBrainz work ID
51837be5-1ab2-47be-a37b-01026dff9204
NSK (VIAF) ID
000521057
NSK ID
981005705185309366
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000616198
RationalWiki ID
3_Maccabees
Topic's main category
Category:3 Maccabees

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🔗 Connections
Characters 3
Antiochus III the Great, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Eleazar
Narrative location 2
Alexandria, Second Temple
Part of 2
deuterocanonical books, Books of the Maccabees
Belongs to 1
Books of the Maccabees
FactGrid item ID 1
Enrico Porro
Followed by 1
4 Maccabees
Followed by (predecessor) 1
4 Maccabees
Follows 1
2 Maccabees
Genre 1
Jewish apocryphon
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
Koine Greek
Preceded by (successor) 1
2 Maccabees
Set in period 1
3rd century BC
← FactGrid item ID 1
Józef Wittlin
← Mb:parts 1
Bible
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Summary

3 Maccabees is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

Alexandria Antiochus III the Great literary work Ptolemy IV Philopator

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  20. [21] ↑ . Q116199356. wikidata.org.
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  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 7w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cathopedia article ID → Terzo_libro_dei_Maccabei
    "Created claim: Cathopedia article ID: Terzo_libro_dei_Maccabei"
  3. 14w ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 4436440-4
    Language of work or name → Biblical Greek
    "Changed claim: Language of work or name: Biblical Greek"
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