Means “hidden” Books not part of the original Old

Testament First found in an Greek copy of Old

Testament called the Septuagint Found in Catholic bibles today and in

the appendix of some other bibles

Story of the Jews fight against their Greek ruler Antiochus (Judah Maccabee and his family led revolt against Antiochus)

Antiochus wanted to make the Jews like the Greeks

Put a statue of Zeus in their temple and sacrificed pigs in the temple

Killed Hannah and her seven sons because they refused to eat pork

Jews rededicated temple after victory of Antiochus

Only had enough oil to light the sacred temple flame for one day (need eight days to make more oil)

Oil lasted for eight days

The Maccabee books are the first time these ideas are mentioned

1. Resurrection of the dead2. Punishment or reward after death3. Creation of the world out of nothing4. Saying prayers for the dead

Three stories in one book1. Tobit- a pious Jew who suffers many

hardships in his life2. Sarah- a woman who is married several

times but whose husband is always killed on her wedding night by a demon

3. Tobias- son of Tobit, led on a journey by the angel Raphael to help his father, meets Sarah, marries her and kills the demon

Story of a Jewish woman living during a time of Assyrian oppression

Judith seduces the king of Assyria, gets him drunk, and cuts off his head

Three chapters added to the book of Daniel

Tells the story of Susanna Daniel saves the life of Susanna by

exposing the lies of two men about her