Abstract
This chapter focuses on the way the claim of the Maccabean leadership was justified and on the way the ancestral books, i.e. the Scriptures, were used in order to support this claim. It distinguishes between the honorary decree to be found in 1 Macc 14, on the one hand, and on the book as a whole, on the other. The chapter deals with other writings of the time which seem to attest a pro-Maccabean stance-Wisdom of Ben Sira (G) and the Septuagint of Ezekiel. There is evidence, however, that Scripture did play a role in justifying the claim of Maccabean leadership. The Wisdom of Ben Sira in its Greek version is one of the writings of the time which is of interest in this regard. Keywords:Ben Sira; Maccabean Leadership; Scripture; Septuagint of Ezekiel
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