First Maccabees
Type: Book
As of November 2026, First Maccabees has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Bible in a Year (Oct 2025).
2 Maccabees, also known as the Second Book of Maccabees, Second Maccabees, and abbreviated as 2 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him. It concludes with the defeat of the Seleucid Empire general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the leader of the Maccabees.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year |
| Author | Alphonse P. Spilly |
| Published | 1985 |
| Publisher | Liturgical Press |
| Subjects | Bible, Commentaries |
| ISBN | 9780814614198 |
| Genre | Bible, Commentaries |
Who talks about First Maccabees on podcasts?
Father Mike Schmitz brought up First Maccabees; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year.
- Day 290: The Death of Judas Maccabeus | The Bible in a Year on The Bible in a Year (Oct 2025) — Father Mike Schmitz
What is First Maccabees mentioned alongside?
First Maccabees is most often mentioned alongside Revelation, Genesis and Sirach (Ecclesiasticus).
Mentioned together: Revelation, Genesis, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Book of Proverbs, Gezer, Judas Maccabeus, Seleucid Empire (Seleucids), Judah, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Demetrius I Soter