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ELEAZAR
* "LEADER OF THE FLOCK"
*SCOURGED BY ANTIOCHUS' GUARDS: STRIPPED AND WHIPPED HIM; POURED "STINKING LIQUID" INTO HIS NOSTRILES
*EXTREMELY PIOUS; DIED FOR THE SAKE OF THE LAW
*KINGS FOLLOWERS TRIED TO GET HIM TO "FAKE IT"
FIRST MAN TORTURED AND KILLED IN THE
"4 MACCABEES"
ANTIOCHUS
*TYRANT KING; SON OF SELEUCUS
*TRIED TO FORCE THE HEBREWS INTO EATING PORK AND SACRIFICED MEAT
*WANTED ONLY ONE RELIGION PRACTICED IN HIS KINGDOM; MADE WAR ON HIS OWN PEOPLE FOR NOT RENOUNCING JUDAISM
4 MACCABEES
ATHLETES
*VERY GREEK LANGUAGE *GREEK IMAGERY USED TO TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT RELIGION COMPLETELY.
*THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL BATTLES OPPOSED TO PHYSICAL ONES.
*IMAGE IS VERY MUCH THE NOTION OF A HEROIC SPIRIT BATTLE
4 MACCABEES
REASON OVER EMOTION
*REASON DISPLAYED BY THOSE WHO WERE TORTURED AND KILLED
*ALL REFUSED TO RELENT AND ALL REFUSED TO WEEP FOR THEMSELVES OR OTHERS
*MOTHER-THE SYMPATHY FOR HER CHILDREN DID NOT SWAY HER TO RELENT
*EACH INDIVIDUAL PUT RELIGION BEFORE SELF AND ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE TORTURED AND KILLED SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE SALVATION
4 MACCABEES CENTRAL THEME
WISDOM
*KNOWLEDGE OF DIVINE AND HUMAN MATTERS
*TYPES: RATIONAL JUDGEMENT, JUSTICE, COURAGE, SELF-CONTROL
*GAINED BY EDUCATION IN THE LAW,WHERE WHAT IS RELEVANT IS LEARNED
SEVEN BROTHERS
*HEBREW
*HANDSOME, MODEST, NOBLE, ACCOMPLISHED IN EVERY WAY
*ADMIRED BY ANTIOCHUS
*KING TRIED TO BRIBE THEM INTO FORSAKING THEIR BELIEFS, BROTHERS FELT TAKING THE BRIBE WAS WORSE THAN DEATH
4 MACCABEE'S MOTHER
*CHOOSES HER RELIGION OVER HER SONS
*WATCHED ALL 7 BOYS TORTURED AND KILLED W/O CRYING
*THROUGH HERSELF INTO THE FLAMES SO HER BODY WOULD NOT BE TOUCHED
SOLDIER OF GOD
*ELEAZAR-"CONQUERED THE BESIEGERS W/THE SHIELD OF HIS DEVOUT REASON"
*SONS OF HEBREWS, FOUGHT FOR THEIR RELIGION
CONTEST
*SPIRITUAL CONTEST WON BY THE 7 BROTHERS.
*"BEAR WITNESS FOR THE NATION"
*THROUGH ENDURANCE CONQUERED THE TYRANT
*USED "BODIES AS BULWARK FOR THE LAW"
"MORE NOBLE THAN MALES IN STEADFASTNESS, AND MORE COURAGEOUS THAN MEN IN ENDURANCE"
*ATTRIBUTED TO THE MOTHER
*BECAUSE SHE WATCHED HER SONS TORTURE AND HAD BIRTH PAINS WAISTED
*ALL FOR HER FAITH IN GOD
MACCABEAN REVOLT
*USING THE DEATHS OF THE 7 BROTHERS AND ELEAZAR THE HEBREWS REVOLTED AGAINST THE KING
*JEWS DID NOT BECOME PEGANS
RANSOM
*KING ANTIOCHUS WANTS TO RANSOM THE JEWS SOULES FOR THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES