on the Jews ' revolt against Antiochus and concludes with the defeat of the Syrian general Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus , the hero of the work. Outside link to 2 Maccabees http://st-takla.org/pub_Deuterocanon/Deuterocanon-Apocrypha_El-Asfar_El-Kanoneya_El-Tanya__9-Second-of-Maccabees.html 2 Maccabees was written in Greek, probably in Alexandria [1] , Egypt, c 124 BC. [2]