2 Maccabees - Μακκαβαίων Β'

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Canonical Versions

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Septuagint text of 2 Maccabees
- in Koine Greek 		Μακκαβαίων Β'
- Rahlfs' edition
πηγή: nocr
Swete's edition.		Codex Alexandrinus

Vulgate text of 2 Maccabees
- in Latin 		machabaeorum II
fons: vulgate.org
Stuttgart critical Vulgate
fons: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
(The Vulgate text represents an "Old Latin" recension)		Codex Gigas

Deuterocanonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

Peshitta text of 2 Maccabees
- in Syriac Aramaic		 ܣܦܪܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܡܩ̈ܒܝܐ܂
ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה		Codex Ambrosianus

Non-Canonical Versions

Version Modern or critical edition Selected manuscript/s

2 Maccabees: 16th-17th c. Ge'ez Version
(likely translated from the Vulgate)
- in Ge'ez
(possibly canonical for Ge'ez-rite Catholics)		፪ ፡ መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘመቃብያን ።
ዐይን: Francisco da Bassano: Bəluy Kidán (Asmara: Ba-Máh̬otama Fránchaskáno, 1915), vol. 4
(scan courtesy of Abdelmasih Almanhatani)

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The rest of the Books of Maccabees



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