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A closed law scroll forms a thematic still life.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 2

The available numbered POB Greek working edition, retaining each record’s declared source edition and notes. Artwork interprets this book’s account. Appearance, clothing and staging are interpretive; material from 2 Maccabees is not imported.

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 2:21

    Refusing Abandonment

    A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2

    Story guide: The closed law scroll is a visual motif for the law Mattathias refuses to abandon; the verse records his words, not this specific gesture.

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    21Far be it from us to abandon the law and the ordinances.

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