Jason of Cyrene

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Jason of Cyrene was a Hellenistic Jew who lived about 100 BCE and wrote a history of the times of the Maccabees down to the victory over Nicanor (175-161). This work is said [to have been in five books and formed the basis of the present]2 Maccabees.

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"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 2:24

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