It’s really history. It was always in scriptures was taken out much later. If this story did not happen their would not be a Christ. Its the true Hanukkah miracle story. Very important.
Actually, Maccabees was never Jewish canon. There were attempts by some communities to make the reading official, but it never took because most ancient authorities did not regard it as entirely accurate.
The authoritative Jewish story of the Maccabees comes from the Talmud.