Burning Bright: The Battle Against Antiochus Part 3
Mattathias stands up for God’s law, provoking Antiochus. How can the Maccabees triumph against overwhelming odds?Articles on Dead Sea Scrolls and Canonization of Bible:
Leap, Dennis. “Understanding Daniel the Prophet.” Watch Jerusalem. 2017. https://watchjerusalem.co.il/213-understanding-daniel-the-prophet.
Leap, Dennis. “How God Preserved the Bible.” The Philadelphia Trumpet. 2005. https://www.thetrumpet.com/1709-how-god-preserved-the-bible.
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Flurry, Stephen. History and Prophecy of the Middle East. Philadelphia Church of God. 2015.
Flurry, Gerald. Daniel Unlocks Revelation. Philadelphia Church of God. 2019.
Flurry, Gerald. Daniel—Unsealed at Last! Philadelphia Church of God. 2016.
Armstrong, Herbert W. Who or What Is the Prophetic Beast? Philadelphia Church of God. 2015.
Bevan, Edwyn. The House of Seleucus: Vol. II. Edward Arnold. 1902. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181878/mode/2up.
Durant, Will. The Story of Civilization: The Live of Greece. Simon and Schuster. 1950.
Hasel, Gerhard. “New Light on the Book of Daniel From the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Bible and Spade. Associates for Biblical Research. 1992. https://biblearchaeology.org/research/divided-kingdom/3193-new-light-on-the-book-of-daniel-from-the-dead-sea-scrolls?.
Leap, Dennis “Understanding Daniel the Prophet.” Watch Jerusalem. 2017. https://watchjerusalem.co.il/213-understanding-daniel-the-prophet
Leap, Dennis. “How God Preserved the Bible.” The Philadelphia Trumpet. 2005. https://www.thetrumpet.com/1709-how-god-preserved-the-bible
Overman, Christian. Assumptions That Affect Our Lives: How Worldviews Determine Values That Influence Behavior and Shape Culture. Ablaze Publishing. 2012.
Paton. William. The Histories. By Polybius. Harvard University Press. 1927. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Polybius/home.html.
Roberts, Canon, The History of Rome. By Titus Livius (Livy). J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1905. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026.
Shanks, Hershel. The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Random House. 1998.
Whiston, William. The New Complete Works of Josephus. By Flavius Josephus. Kregel Publications. 1999.
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