Received as scripture by: Catholic · Eastern Orthodox — Some Oriental Orthodox Bibles (for example the Armenian and Syriac) also print it; whether it is canonical varies from church to church there. The Ethiopian canon has its own, different Meqabyan books instead.
Author unknown, likely a Jewish historian writing in Hebrew not long after the events he describes, c. 100 BC. A sober historical narrative of the Maccabean revolt against Seleucid rule and the founding of the Hasmonean dynasty -- the historical background of Hanukkah.
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