Book of 3 Maccabees

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf deuterocanonical book
ancient Jewish text
gptkbp:author unknown
gptkbp:canonicalIn gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
most Protestant traditions
gptkbp:chapter 7
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Western_Christian_liturgy
gptkb:Maccabean_Revolt
gptkbp:dateWritten 1st century BCE
gptkbp:enemyOf gptkb:Ptolemy_IV_Philopator
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus
gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Judaism
history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Book of 3 Maccabees
gptkbp:includedIn gptkb:Codex_Alexandrinus
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Book_of_Daniel
gptkb:Book_of_Esther
gptkb:Book_of_2_Maccabees
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:mainEvent Jews threatened with death by elephants
miraculous deliverance
gptkbp:mainTheme divine deliverance
gptkbp:notAbout gptkb:Hasmonean_dynasty
gptkb:Maccabean_Revolt
gptkbp:notDirectlyConnectedTo gptkb:Maccabean_family
gptkbp:originalTitle named after the Maccabees due to theme of persecution and deliverance
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Book_of_1_Maccabees
gptkb:Book_of_2_Maccabees
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:reign_of_Ptolemy_IV_(221–204_BCE)
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Alexandria,_Egypt
gptkb:Ptolemaic_Egypt
gptkbp:status included in some Eastern Orthodox Bibles
not part of Jewish Tanakh
not part of Protestant Old Testament
gptkbp:subject persecution of Jews in Egypt
gptkbp:survivesIn gptkb:Septuagint_manuscripts
Greek manuscripts
gptkbp:theme Jewish identity
deliverance
faithfulness
persecution
divine intervention
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_liturgy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canon_of_the_Bible
gptkb:Book_of_1_Maccabees
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6