2 Maccabees 8-15

For too long, a full analysis of the complex grammar and style of 2 Maccabees, one of the most fascinating early Jewish writings in the Greek language, has been neglected. Seth Ehorn’s splendid book fills this desideratum. This volume is full of insights which will be indispensable for my own future work on 2 Maccabees.

~Tobias Nicklas, Chair for Exegesis and Hermeneutics of the New Testament, Universität Regensburg, Germany

Second Maccabees presents the reader with some of the most challenging Greek in the Septuagint. It is far more complex than almost all of the Greek of the New Testament and poses frequent difficulties that have given rise both to ancient textual variants and modern scholarly emendations in an attempt to make the Greek more intelligible. All who attempt to study 2 Maccabees in its original language will be grateful to Seth Ehorn for providing such a detailed analysis of the grammar and syntax as well as for his consistently thorough treatment of the syntactical and textual problems. This two-part work will prove an invaluable  vade mecum.

~David A. deSilva, Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek, Ashland Theological Seminary