The Apocrypha: The Universal Deuterocanon - Maccabees

The Apocrypha: The Universal Deuterocanon - Maccabees: The name Maccabee, probably meaning “hammer” is…applied to the books of Maccabees…Judas third son of the priest Mattathias and first leader of the revolt against the Seleucid Kings who persecuted the Jews…Written C100 BC…purpose is to record the deliverance of Israel that God worked through the family of Mattathias, his three sons Judas, Jonathon and Simon…[no content used as a story of the above only]

The Apocrypha is a collection of books written in the four centuries between the Old and New Testaments. Though the Apocrypha is not Scripture, many Protestants have found the collection useful historically, theologically, and spiritually. Discerning readers of the Apocrypha gain a fuller understanding of first-century Judaism. historical standpoint, the Apocrypha sheds light on two monumental events in Second Temple Judaism: the Hellenization crisis and the Maccabean revolt. These events shaped the consciousness and ideology of every Jewish person living in the first century AD and are therefore vital for the study of the New Testament. (https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-the-apocrypha)

Apocrypha: Hidden
Deuterocanon: The books of the Old Testament which are part of the canon of Scripture but which are not found in the Hebrew Bible.