Septuagint - 4th Maccabees

4th Maccabees is a philosophical interpretation of 2nd Maccabees. It was added to the Septuagint in the 1st century AD, however, it could have been written anywhere between 140 BC and 100 AD. This text includes more details regarding the torture of the Israelite youths from 2nd Maccabees, which may have come from Jason of Cyrene's original five-volume version of Maccabees. The author of 4th Maccabees accepts the flying horsemen of 2nd Maccabees as sky messengers, which implies the Phrygian image