2 Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book which focuses on the Jews ' revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus , the hero of the work .
2 Maccabees is a sacred book of the Catholic Bible which focuses on the Jews ' revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes and ends with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus , the hero of the work .