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This ancient apocryphal text, translated and annotated by noted scholar C. W. Emmet, tells the story of the Jewish resistance to the Greek king Ptolemy IV Philopator in the 3rd century BCE. With its vivid descriptions of battles and miracles, this book provides a fascinating...