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Deuterocanon & Apocrypha · 18 chapters

4 Maccabees

A discourse on reason, devotion and endurance, illustrated by accounts of martyrdom associated with the Maccabean period.

Place in the traditions

Often printed as an appendix in Greek biblical collections. Its reception differs from 1 and 2 Maccabees; it is not part of the Catholic or standard Protestant canon.

Catholic canon · WEB collection and contents

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World English Bible (WEB), Deuterocanon/Apocrypha. Public-domain text from eBible.org. This collection brings together works received differently by different churches; inclusion here does not assign them all the same canonical status. Source verse numbering is retained, including gaps where the source has no text.

WEB text and edition

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