4 Maccabees

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Title: 4 Maccabees

Author: Unknown

Description: Philosophical treatise on the supremacy of reason over the passions, illustrated by the martyrdom of Eleazar and the seven brothers under Antiochus IV. Appears as an appendix to the Greek Septuagint.

Pages: 47

Size: 0.17 MB

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