This is the first published synopsis of 1 and 2 Maccabees. It includes
not only all parallel sections of these two books but also Books 12-14
of Josephus' Jewish Antiquities to the extent that they are paralleled
in 1 Maccabees or in the Jewish War. Thus the major sources for the
history of Palestine from 175 to 37 B.C.E. are made available here
together for the first time. The synopsis aims primarily to serve as a
basic tool for the literary and historical analysis and comparison of
the texts included. It shows, in most cases unequivocally, how the texts
arranged here in parallel columns deal in different fashions with the
same events. It assists the researcher in identifying and comparing
different types of relations between various sections of these texts.