We should not adopt the Apocrypha because its stories often contradict each other. The two books of Maccabees are about the Maccabean revolt. The central antagonist of these books is Antiochus Epiphanes. According to these two books, Antiochus died three deaths. His first death occurred in 1 Maccabees chapter 6 after falling into a great depression because of his mistreatment of the Jews. “Here I am,
We should not adopt the Apocrypha because its stories often contradict each other. The two books of Maccabees are about the Maccabean revolt. The central antagonist of these books is Antiochus Epiphanes. According to these two books, Antiochus died three deaths. His first death occurred in 1 Maccabees chapter 6 after falling into a great depression because of his mistreatment of the Jews. “Here I am,