[RobbyS]

Well, Joshua seems to condone genocide! No, the reason why Maccabees didn't make the Jewish canon was that it supported the Hasmonean regime, which was anathema to the Pharisees. Josephus shared the same prejudice.

[malakhi]

No, the reason why Maccabees didn't make the Jewish canon was that it supported the Hasmonean regime, which was anathema to the Pharisees. Josephus shared the same prejudice.

First, looking at how the Hasmoneans ended up, it is no wonder that the Pharisees in the first century C.E. did not wish to be seen as supporting them. Second, there were other reasons the Maccabees were not canonized, which you seem completely to overlook.