II Maccabees

This is what it means in II Maccabees 6: 20: "Eleazar determined to do nothing unlawful through love of life."

Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954

Notwithstanding all of its obvious faults, II Maccabees has preserved many important historical facts.

The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896

Not until about 247 B.C. (some theologians say 226 and others; 169 B.C.) is there any record of a collection of literature in the re-built Jerusalem, and, then, the anonymous writer of II Maccabees briefly mentions that some Nehemiah

The Woman's Bible Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1858