Maccabees - Apocalypse

If there's any two books in the apoc to read first and second. Maccabees in particular, just, it's hard to put down. One of my favourite stories in second maccabes is about a man who pulls out his guts while trying to kill himself but doesn't die. I sholdn't be laughing, but it's like, o em begad imean. These are books that are not, these are not hard books to read. They're veryhard to put down, um. And they, as far as i know, when we talk about inner testamental jewish history, or early jewish history,. we're relying almost exclusively