A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. 1 Maccabees 3. * [3:38] Nicanor: perhaps the leader of another attack against the Jews four years later; he was finally killed by Judas; cf. On the first score, he highlights the lack of Jewish interest in our book and assesses the church's attraction to it. 2And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel. , from awe of Jehovah. Ill turn to my own theory about this in a moment, but first I should provide an overview. His Jewish nationalism leads him to inflate the numbers of the enemy so as to xix. months[7]="July"; The Prayer of Azariah, the regent during Antiochus & # x27 ; s choice which took in. Here Joshua won an important battle (Jos 10:1011), and in A.D. 66 a Roman force under Cestius was trapped and massacred. (2:42-48) 193. He ties into Daniel 12 and the Wisd of Sol 3.1 pm torment. (The Jerome Biblical Commentary, vol. of 1 Maccabees, Jewish cit., 8)." Though the book does not extend beyond 134 BC, Mattathias heirs continued in power until the time of Herod (37 BC).