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Psalm 151 is a short psalm found in most copies of the Septuagint (LXX), [1] but not in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The title given to the psalm in the Septuagint indicates that it is supernumerary , as no number is affixed to it.
1 Maccabees, [note 1] also known as the First Book of Maccabees, First Maccabees, and abbreviated as 1 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which details the history of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire as well as the founding and earliest history of the independent Hasmonean kingdom.
The Books of the Maccabees refers to a series of deuterocanonical books which are contained in various canons of the Bible: 1 Maccabees, originally written in Hebrew and only surviving in a Greek translation, it contains an account of the history of the Maccabees from 175 BC until 134 BC. [1]
Psalms 152 to 155 are additional Psalms found in two Syriac biblical manuscripts and several manuscripts of Elijah of Anbar 's "Book of Discipline", [1] first identified by the orientalist librarian Giuseppe Simone Assemani in 1759. [2] Together with Psalm 151 they are also called the Five Apocryphal Psalms of David or the "Five Syriac Psalms". [3]
the complete text of the entire Greek Bible (according to the Alexandrian canon) - leaving only five fragments - and 3 and 4 Maccabees, Odes of Solomon, Psalm 151, and two Epistles of Clement BL, Royal 1 D. VIII London: U. Kingdom: B: Codex Vaticanus: 4th Century; contains Gen 46:28 to Heb 9:14 Vat. Lib., Gr. 1209 Vatican City: C: Codex ...
Original language (and location) Letter of Jeremiah: c. 300 BC [12] Oldest versions Greek, probably originally Hebrew or Aramaic [12] Psalm 151: c. 300–200 BC [13] Hebrew (Psalms 151a+b), later merged into Koine Greek Psalm 151 [13] 1 Esdras: c. 200–140 BC [14] Probably Greek in Egypt, possibly from a 3rd-century Semitic original [14] Sirach
The Third Book of Ethiopian Maccabees is the shortest of the three books, containing 10 chapters. At times, within the liturgical practices of the Ethiopian Church, the 2nd and 3rd Books of Meqabyan are collapsed to form a single text. [ 17 ]
4 Maccabees, [note 1] also called the Fourth Book of Maccabees and possibly originally known as On the Sovereignty of Reason, [note 2] is a book written in Koine Greek, likely in the 1st or early 2nd century. It is a homily or philosophic discourse praising the supremacy of pious reason over passion.