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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 7
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 7:15
A Peaceful Oath
Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7
Story guide: Alcimus speaks with an open palm before the listening petitioners while Bacchides stands silently beside him.
Open this scene in the reader →15And he spoke peaceful words with them, and swore to them, saying, “We will not seek harm against you or against your friends.”
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