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Document Details : Title: Judas Maccabaeus' Campaigns against Timothy Author(s): PARKER, Victor L. Journal: Biblica Volume: 87 Issue: 4 Date: 2006 Pages: 457-476 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.87.4.3189062 Abstract : Both 1 and 2 Maccabees mention various campaigns of Judas Maccabaeus against an opponent called Timothy. The author argues that although 1 Maccabees in several instances does provide more accurate detail, 2 Maccabees’ presentation of these campaigns as chronologically discrete has the greater historical plausibility. Additionally, 2 Maccabees alone preserves a record of a third, historically plausible campaign against Timothy. Overall, 2 Maccabees deserves more esteem as an historical source than it commonly receives. |
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