First Maccabees

Overview

• “Maccabees, Books of” | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Maccabees, First and Second Books of” | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• “Maccabees, Books of” | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Maccabees | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, the First Book of The” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, Books of” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, Books of (First and Second Maccabees)” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, 1 and 2” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

• 1 Maccabees | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Outline

• Outline of Contents | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

Contents

• “Historical Prologue, ch 1. Summary” | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• 1 Maccabees | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• 1 Maccabees | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Contents | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, the First Book of The” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Contents and Language | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Date

• Date | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Purpose

• Conclusion | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• 1 Maccabees | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Origins | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• “Maccabees, the First Book of The” | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

Historical Context

• Historical Introduction | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Historical Background | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Structures of the Histories of Events | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Canonicity

• Conclusions | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Historicity

• Evaluation | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Composition

• 1 Maccabees | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Recapitulation of the Quellenkritik | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Analysis of the Documents and Related Methodology | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Text

• Literary Introduction | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Style

• Contents and Language | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Structure

• Structure | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Emphases

• Aspects of Historical Inferences | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Theology

• Theology and Tendency | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Significance

• Conclusion | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• 1 Maccabees | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Conclusions | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Bibliography

• “Third, Fourth, and Fifth Maccabees” | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Bibliography | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Bibliography | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary