3 Maccabees4 MaccabeesLexical AnalysisBoth στοργ and γπη are widely translated as love. BDAG understands στοργ as the love of spouse: husband to his wife or wife to her husband. Αγπη, on the other hand, generally refers to a sacrificial love revealed in Christ in the...
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2 The kings of Syria and Egypt honored the Temple and presented it with expensive gifts, 3 and King Seleucus,[a] ruler of all Asia, even used to pay the costs of the Temple sacrifices from the revenues he collected. 4 But a man by the name of Simon, of the tribe of Bilgah,[b] ...
Maccabees. Introduction and commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus. Septuagint Commentary Series. Leiden/Boston: Brill.deSilva, D. A. (2006). 4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus. Leiden: Brill....
There is a widely recognized connection between Esther and 3 Maccabees. This is particularly so for the "noncanonical" sections of Esther and the letters and prayers in 3 Maccabees, which appear to be the result of direct borrowing. The direction of borrowing, however, i...