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Category Archives: III Maccabees
Scattered Ramblings on Loving One’s Neighbor and Relationships
III Maccabees is about the attempt by King Ptolemy IV Philopator in the late third century B.C.E. to obliterate the Jews of Egypt, and God’s deliverance of the Jews. In the course of this plot, God messes with Ptolemy’s brain, … Continue reading
Posted in Asperger's, III Maccabees, Movies, Once Upon a Time, Religion, Television
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Working with Who We Are?
I was reading III Maccabees recently. III Maccabees is about the attempt by King Ptolemy IV Philopator in the late third century B.C.E. to obliterate the Jews of Egypt. But the king has a miraculous change of heart and turns … Continue reading
Posted in III Maccabees, Religion
Stoic Martyrs
Source: John Sellars, Stoicism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006) 108-109. “If I am doing my best to be a rational being who is free and independent of others, then I will sometimes have to make choices that may appear … Continue reading
Posted in Comps, Greco-Roman, I Maccabees, II Maccabees, III Maccabees, IV Maccabees, Religion
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Still More on Maccabees and Theodicy
I finished III Maccabees last night. III Maccabees is not actually about the Maccabees, for it relates to the persecution of the Jews under King Ptolemy Philopator of Egypt (221-203 B.C.E.). Ptolemy defeats the Seleucid Antiochus III at the Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Daily Quiet Time, I Maccabees, II Maccabees, III Maccabees, Religion, Theodicy
