4 Maccabees

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4 Maccabees 1 A philosophical examination of reason over passion

4 Maccabees 2 By reason Joseph prevailed over Potipher’s wife

4 Maccabees 3 By reason king David rejected water from the enemies’ spring

4 Maccabees 4 By reason, women risked their lives to circumcise their children

4 Maccabees 5 By reason, Eleazer chose death over eating swine

4 Maccabees 6 Eleazer chose pain over pleasure

4 Maccabees 7 Eleazer proved reason also conquers pleasure

4 Maccabees 8 A family of eight also choose death over breaking God’s laws

4 Maccabees 9 The sons taunt the tyrant during torture

4 Maccabees 10 The tyrant cuts off their tongues because they tortured him

4 Maccabees 11 The torture and death of the sixth son

4 Maccabees 12 The death of the seventh son

4 Maccabees 13 Conclusion: righteous reasoning conquers the passions

4 Maccabees 14 Let us consider how these men died

4 Maccabees 15 Now let us consider the mother of these men

4 Maccabees 16 The mother’s last words to her sons

4 Maccabees 17 Last the mother died

4 Maccabees 18 The mother recalls the words of her husband to his sons