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2 Maccabees 2:23-25
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 2:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 All this, which has been set forth in detail by Jason of Cyrene in five volumes, we shall attempt to condense into a single book.[a]
24 Considering the flood of statistics and the difficulty likely to be encountered by those who begin to wade through the immense amount of material involved in these historical narratives, 25 we have aimed to please those who desire easy reading, to make it uncomplicated for those who wish to commit facts to memory, and to turn out a product that will be of profit to all.
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- 2 Maccabees 2:23 Cyrene possessed a flourishing Jewish colony that was, however, under the influence of the more important colony at Alexandria. Jason of Cyrene is not mentioned in any ancient sources, and no work of his is extant. The author of Second Maccabees may have had an actual source or he may have used the literary tradition of antiquity of resting one’s work on the authority of a purported source.
