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ELEAZAR
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* "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" |
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ANTIOCHUS
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*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
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ATHLETES
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*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
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REASON OVER EMOTION
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*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
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WISDOM
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*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 |
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SEVEN BROTHERS
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*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 |
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4 MACCABEE'S MOTHER
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*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 |
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SOLDIER OF GOD
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*ELEAZAR-"CONQUERED THE BESIEGERS W/THE SHIELD OF HIS DEVOUT REASON"
*SONS OF HEBREWS, FOUGHT FOR THEIR RELIGION |
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CONTEST
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*SPIRITUAL CONTEST WON BY THE 7 BROTHERS.
*"BEAR WITNESS FOR THE NATION" *THROUGH ENDURANCE CONQUERED THE TYRANT *USED "BODIES AS BULWARK FOR THE LAW" |
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"MORE NOBLE THAN MALES IN STEADFASTNESS, AND MORE COURAGEOUS THAN MEN IN ENDURANCE"
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*ATTRIBUTED TO THE MOTHER
*BECAUSE SHE WATCHED HER SONS TORTURE AND HAD BIRTH PAINS WAISTED *ALL FOR HER FAITH IN GOD |
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MACCABEAN REVOLT
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*USING THE DEATHS OF THE 7 BROTHERS AND ELEAZAR THE HEBREWS REVOLTED AGAINST THE KING
*JEWS DID NOT BECOME PEGANS |
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RANSOM
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*KING ANTIOCHUS WANTS TO RANSOM THE JEWS SOULES FOR THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES
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