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2 Maccabees

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Old Testament · History · 16 chapter studies · 16 narrated · Total audio: 7 hrs 3 min

Read 2 Maccabees in canonical sequence.

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  1. Intro 2 Maccabees - Overview A Coptic Orthodox overview of 2 Maccabees, explaining its canonical reception, companion relationship to 1 Maccabees, martyrdom, resurrection hope, temple theology, prayer for the... 42 min read Narrated
  2. 1 2 Maccabees 1 - Letters, Dedication, and Memory in Trouble 2 Maccabees 1 teaches holy memory through letters, covenant prayer, feast keeping, temple purification, and worship that survives trouble. 19 min read Narrated
  3. 2 2 Maccabees 2 - Gathering, Hidden Fire, and Holy Memory 2 Maccabees 2 frames the book as sacred memory, calling the faithful to keep the Law in the heart, await God's gathering mercy, and receive abridged history as profitable... 17 min read Narrated
  4. 3 2 Maccabees 3 - Heliodorus and the Sanctity of the Temple 2 Maccabees 3 teaches the sanctity of the temple through Heliodorus' attempted seizure, the city's supplication, God's intervention, and Onias' mercy toward the man who violated... 19 min read Narrated
  5. 4 2 Maccabees 4 - Jason, Menelaus, and the Corruption of Holy Office 2 Maccabees 4 shows how priestly office collapses when worship is traded for ambition, money, Hellenizing status, and political favor. 21 min read Narrated
  6. 5 2 Maccabees 5 - Antiochus, Violence, and the Wounded Holy City 2 Maccabees 5 teaches the wound of Jerusalem under apostasy and imperial cruelty, while refusing both despair and triumphalist violence. 17 min read Narrated
  7. 6 2 Maccabees 6 - Eleazar and Holy Refusal 2 Maccabees 6 teaches holy refusal through forced apostasy and Eleazar's choice to die rather than teach the young even the appearance of compromise. 19 min read Narrated
  8. 7 2 Maccabees 7 - The Seven Brothers, Their Mother, and Resurrection Hope 2 Maccabees 7 teaches resurrection hope through the witness of the seven brothers and their mother, who suffer torture rather than betray the Law of God. 21 min read Narrated
  9. 8 2 Maccabees 8 - Judas, Prayer, and Courage from God 2 Maccabees 8 presents Judas as a leader who gathers the faithful around prayer, Scripture memory, Sabbath reverence, and courage from God rather than confidence in numbers. 19 min read Narrated
  10. 9 2 Maccabees 9 - Antiochus Humbled and the Limits of Blasphemous Power 2 Maccabees 9 shows Antiochus humbled by God, warning that blasphemous power cannot save itself and that fear of judgment is not the same as true repentance. 17 min read Narrated
  11. 10 2 Maccabees 10 - Cleansing, Dedication, and Joy Restored 2 Maccabees 10 teaches that the Lord guided recovery of the temple restores worship, repentance, light, psalmody, and holy memory, while the continuing battles warn against... 18 min read Narrated
  12. 11 2 Maccabees 11 - Mercy, Letters, and Fragile Peace 2 Maccabees 11 shows Lysias threatening Jerusalem and the temple, the faithful crying to God for deliverance, and peace arriving through letters that are useful but fragile. 18 min read Narrated
  13. 12 2 Maccabees 12 - Victory, Sin, and Prayer for the Departed 2 Maccabees 12 moves from broken peace and hard battles to the discovery of hidden sin among the fallen, teaching resurrection hope and prayer for the departed with sobriety and... 21 min read Narrated
  14. 13 2 Maccabees 13 - Bethsura, Prayer, and Deliverance under Siege 2 Maccabees 13 shows Judas facing Antiochus Eupator and Lysias with prayer, vigilance, and political discernment, while Menelaus dies as a warning that corrupt holy office cannot... 16 min read Narrated
  15. 14 2 Maccabees 14 - Alcimus, Nicanor, and Razis 2 Maccabees 14 exposes the damage caused by corrupt religious ambition, the instability of political friendship, Nicanor’s threat against the temple, and the hard pastoral... 17 min read Narrated
  16. 15 2 Maccabees 15 - Onias, Jeremiah, and the Defeat of Nicanor 2 Maccabees 15 closes the book with Nicanor’s Sabbath contempt, Judas’ hope filled encouragement, the vision of Onias and Jeremiah interceding, and a victory that must be read as... 18 min read Narrated