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Anyone ever read this period of history?

I'm zooming through 1 & 2 Sam, heading into Kings, and I'd like to keep going and finish the history contained in Maccabees.

Did you "fed" from it, or was it merely historical reading for you?


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It is not inspired, but contains some good historical backgrounds


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It is not inspired, but contains some good historical backgrounds

ditto!


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It is not inspired, but contains some good historical backgrounds

ditto!

I agree, I might actually read it , I think we have a Catholic Bible somewhere in the house.


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Thanks...

I don't consider it inspired either, just history, and perhaps not even perfectly recorded history.

I did feel weird about buying it, so I didn't. It just felt wrong.

When I got to my local Christian bookstore... the only copy of the Apocrypha on it's own was in a red hard cover thin book that looked IDENTICAL to the Communist Manifesto :thumbsup: .

I have a digital copy that will have to suffice :rolleyes: .


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The Bible is silent from the time period of Malachi up until the prophet John the Baptist as he came on the scene preaching, "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

This time period between the OT and the NT was 400 years and during these years the word of God was silent. The history of the Maccabees covers those 400 years you have to remember that this history is just that history and "not" the inerrant Word of God and "should not" be used to make doctrine out of in place of the scriptures.

It is the same with the apocraphal books they are not a part of the canon the 66 books of the bible being the innerant word of God and "should never" be used to make doctrine out of because it would be extra-biblical at that point.

None of this means that you can't read any of these books it just means those books are not scripture and should not be used as such.

Personally, I have read the first three of the books of Maccabees and was unsure that there was a fourth. I did however find it very interesting that the third book of Maccabees covered the history

of the Romans and in that history it went right on up to the Romans during the time of Christ.


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The Bible is silent from the time period of Malachi up until the prophet John the Baptist as he came on the scene preaching, "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

This time period between the OT and the NT was 400 years and during these years the word of God was silent. The history of the Maccabees covers those 400 years you have to remember that this history is just that history and "not" the inerrant Word of God and "should not" be used to make doctrine out of in place of the scriptures.

It is the same with the apocraphal books they are not a part of the canon the 66 books of the bible being the innerant word of God and "should never" be used to make doctrine out of because it would be extra-biblical at that point.

None of this means that you can't read any of these books it just means those books are not scripture and should not be used as such.

Personally, I have read the first three of the books of Maccabees and was unsure that there was a fourth. I did however find it very interesting that the third book of Maccabees covered the history

of the Romans and in that history it went right on up to the Romans during the time of Christ.

:rolleyes:

Agreed sis. It is not inspired, nor used to make doctrine.


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Maybe if people understood the book then they might understand Daniel.

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Anyone ever read this period of history?

I'm zooming through 1 & 2 Sam, heading into Kings, and I'd like to keep going and finish the history contained in Maccabees.

Did you "fed" from it, or was it merely historical reading for you?

All opinions are welcomed but not all are perfect.

Lets make this truth be known now.

No single bible is perfect in translating from Aramic, Greek, Old english to modern english.

Id rather read a book by Spurgeon or Wittfeild or.....than a Living bible.

Pilgrims progress is not in the bible yet is very inspireing, No extreemly inspireing.

And there are thousands of Holy spirit inspired works and books and writeings that are helpful.

And the New jerusalem bible is not acsepted by the popular majority of protastants ? Please.

The so called perfect KJV is flawed with many mistakes. 1st john 5:7..isnt even in the origanols.

And I could go all day with rants.

What good does it do to have a bible(inspired of God) and disobey it ?

Ive been on forums where members acuse others of Spiritual adultery if we read any other book but the bible.

Hog wash. There are millions of Christians around the world that never even see a bible and are better Christians than we. Dailey people are recieved christ and have no idea what a bible is.

2nd-ly, The bible contains Gods Words and Mans(many). We are to rightly devide it.

No bible is perfect. It is the Holy Spirit that gives life to the word.

The Apocrypha was sandwiched KJV between the Old and New Testaments as an appendix of reference material. This followed the format that Luther had used. Luther prefaced the Apocrypha with a statement:

"Apocrypha--that is, books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriputres, and yet are profitable and good to read."

King James Version Defended page 98.

http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/apocryph.htmMy link

You must jugde for your selves.

Note: I am not a chatholic nor do I support any Catholic doctrine or councel.

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To be quite honest, I didn't know there was a 3rd and a 4th Maccabees....I've read most of the Apocrypha, and I consider it to be a collection of historical documentation....some of it factual, some of it...well...questionable at best. I believe that Y'shua and his talmudim would have known these stories as well. I enjoy the book of Tobit as well, for it's most interesting medicinal value...

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