[Dataman]

Maccabees is not a Catholic vs Protestant issue.

I Maccabees is an accurate account of the battles during the intertestamental period. It is an excellent choice for a movie.

I & II Maccabees are in the apocrypha. The issue isn't their accuracy but their inspiration-- something that would not touch the movie. Even Luther included them in an appendix and said they were excellent material-- though not inspired.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Right, which leads one to wonder, where did he get the authority do change the bible?

[Salman]

Even Luther included them in an appendix and said they were excellent material-- though not inspired.

Which also happens to be the Jewish position, by the way.

[Fiddlstix]

Maccabees is not a Catholic vs Protestant issue.

I Maccabees is an accurate account of the battles during the intertestamental period. It is an excellent choice for a movie.

WELL SAID!
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[1stFreedom]

>>I & II Maccabees are in the apocrypha.

No, they are in the Canon of Scripture.

In PROTESTANT bibles they have been moved to the "apocrypha".

One reason they were controversial is because the though was they weren't written in hebrew but Greek -- and the Dead sea scrolls disproved that one.

[A. Pole]

I & II Maccabees are in the apocrypha. The issue isn't their accuracy but their inspiration

The Maccabees were in the Christian Bible for all centuries until Luther. And they still are (in Catholic and Orthodox versions). Luther had no right to pick and choose books of the Holy Scripture.