MACCABEES (Book)
These are mainly 1 and 2 Maccabees, which tell the story of the Maccabean revolt against the oppression of Antiochus (see MACCABEES).
The first is strictly historical in nature, while the second contains legendary elements. There are two other books of Maccabees, 3 and 4, that have not been accepted as canonical even by the Church of Rome, which does accept 1 and 2 Maccabees as “deuterocanonical.”