Talk:2 Maccabees
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Resurrection of the dead is a Jewish belief. I felt it pertient to alter this misinformation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by The Diadem (talk • contribs).
[edit] sin offering for the dead
Catholics use this book as support for indulgences, specifically paying money to the clergy to improve someone else's afterlife. Can someone explain how the Catholics read this scene in 2 Macc? Sinners die and their position on Judgment Day looks grim, so friends take up an offering. But where are the souls of these sinners? Before Jesus made purgatory possible, souls went to only two places: gehenna (hell proper) or the bosom of abraham (limbo of the fathers). Those in limbo of the fathers were taken to heaven when Jesus harrowed hell (that is, limbo). If the souls of the sinners in 2 Macc were in gehenna, a sin offering does no good. If they were in limbo, they didn't need help because they were waiting to be taken to heaven. So what do Catholics say about where these sinners' souls went after they died? This account seems to contradict the Catholic view of the afterlife, not support it. I'm sure that the Catholics have an explanation. I'm just curious what it is. Jonathan Tweet 12:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] date of 2 maccabees
There is obviously a problem with the date of writing given on this page - the wiki article for 1 Maccabees says ~100 bce and 2 Maccabees says ~124 bce!
The Oxford Annotated Bible (any edition) gives between 104 and 63 bce, which is much more likely, as it had to come after the 1st book.
I have no idea how to edit pages, but if someone could fix this, it would be great. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.230.210 (talk) 02:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
