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Macc.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Maccabees.


Macc. British  

abbreviation

  1. Maccabees (books of the Apocrypha)

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By the insurgents under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus; 2 Macc. chap. viii.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

The biblical references are 1 Macc. i. 41-64, iv. 36-39; 2 Macc. vi. 1-11; John x.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

Cf. the heading of Bel and the Dragon for a similar ignoring of the early verses, as also that of I. Macc. i.

From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by Daubney, William Heaford

An Aretas is mentioned in 1 Macc. xv.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

History of Johannes Hyrcanus is mentioned in 1 Macc. xvi. 23-24, but no trace has been discovered of its existence elsewhere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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