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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8
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.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. Artwork does not authenticate historical portraits or authorship.
· Greek
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 8:23
Peace on Land and Sea
An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8
Story guide: A quiet coast and an inland road accompany the treaty’s wish for peace on sea and land.
Open this scene in the reader →23May it go well for the Romans and for the nation of the Jews, on sea and on land forever; and may sword and enemy be far from them.
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