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Class 8: Worksheet to be completed before class on October 19

Name___________________________ Date________________

Respond to the following with your reflections about the passages indicated. Your response is to be two full type pages, professionally done. Work from the Biblical text (not with outside sources, except Harris).

1. 1 Macc 1: Describe the actions of Antiochus IV against the Jews? Why were the Jews infuriated?

2. 1 Macc 2: Describe the response of Mattathias and his sons to the persecution?

3. 1 Macc 3: How did Judas Maccabeus demonstrate his leadership?

4. 1 Macc 4: What important action did Judas and his brothers do after they crushed their enemies (see esp. vv. 36-41)?

5. 1 Macc 5: Why were Judas and his brothers greatly honored among all the Gentiles (see v. 63)?