{Maccabees}[15th October 1990]

[Redbook8:33][19901015:1017e]{Maccabees}[15th October 1990]

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[continued]

Part of the very recent fascination of the Maccabees,* which at first I found rather tedious, is that they give an on-the-ground view of the end of the period covered on pp 28-29 above,** near the centre of its action, from near-contemporary sources.

*[Books I and II, in the Christian Bible]

**ref [[Redbook8:28-29][19901015:1710]{Four Thousand Years BC[E]}[15th October 1990],] 28-29

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