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Does the absence of Maccabees in the Jewish Bible reflect tha,t although historical, it does not rise to the level of ‘inspired by God’?” And if so, why then does it reach that level in the Christian Bible?

My personal belief is that the Maccabees were not included in the Jewish Bible because Judah Maccabee's descendants (the Hasmoneans) ruled Judea for several generations and they became corrupt. The Maccabee books were removed from the Bible because the Maccabee family fell out of favor.

22 posted on 12/01/2010 9:41:12 PM PST by Inyokern

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23 posted on 12/02/2010 1:15:42 AM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)

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