Book on the Maccabean revolt, a civil war against Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid empire, and his suppression of Jewish life.
Biblical book, one of the so-called deuterocanonical books, on the Maccabean Revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid Empire, and the victory achieved by Judas Maccabeus.