From:    heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
To:      "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Date:    Tue, 23 Dec 1997 03:08:43 +0000
Subject: The Book of Maccabees

From: MR JAMES J DOWNES
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com

Hi Eddie,

Would you please explain to us why the jews have rejected the books of
Maccabees as being inspired text?  How accurate is the history in these
books and why were they not included in the Tanakh?  

Thank you,
Jim and Cathy Downes

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