Phil Long has a series of posts on on 3 Maccabees and another on 4 Maccabees. All interspersed with his holiday pics from Turkey.
Louis Feldman (see family news) asks why the Macabees were opposed to Greek Religion and Culture?
4 Books Telling the Same Story about Some Dude who might be God, or a god, or slightly goddish, or not god at all, depending on Who You Ask.