Jason of Cyrene

Jason of Cyrene (Greek: Ἰάσων ὁ Κυρηναῖος) was a Hellenistic Jew who lived around 100 BC and wrote a history of the times of the Maccabees down to the victory over Nicanor (175-161 BC). This work is said to have been in five books and formed the basis of the present 2 Maccabees.^[1] See 2 Maccabees 2:19-32.,^[1] especially:

“And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.”
— 2 Maccabees 2:23

The original work is lost, and known only in the epitome made by the author of 2 Maccabees. The author of 2 Maccabees has confessedly exercised much freedom. Not only was Jason's work abridged, but also added to, and probably altered.^[2]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jason of Cyrene". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Jason of Cyrene" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links[]

Smith, William, ed. (1849). "Jason, literary". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. II. p. 555.

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[eb-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jason of Cyrene". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[2] Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Jason of Cyrene" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

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