[Cronos]

The 2 biblical books of the Maccabees are about the leaders of the Jewish rebellion against their Greek overlords in the years between 175-150 BC. These were the guys who created the separate Jewish Kingdom and gave the Jews a solid, religious state.

They talk of how the salvation of the Jewish people in this crisis came through Mattathias' family, particularly his sons, Judas Maccabeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus, and Simon Maccabaeus, and Simon's son, John Hyrcanus.

These books were in the original KJV Bible and one can read, enjoy and be inspired by the story of Jude Macchabeus (the Hammer) and the struggle of the Jewish peoples.

[BlackVeil]

These books were in the original KJV Bible and one can read, enjoy and be inspired by the story of Jude Macchabeus ...

I would enjoy reading the Macabees in normal times, but not if it is scrawled on a monastery wall by vandals.