What is the deal with 3rd and 4th Maccabees?

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Hello,

I’ve seen that there exist a 3rd & 4th Maccabees. What’s the story with these books. Are these books canonical?

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Nelson
 
The Third Book of Maccabees is accepted as canonical among Orthodox Christians, while the fourth book is usually included in the appendix of many Orthodox Bibles. How do I know this?. I am Orthodox. Roman Catholics do not consider either of these books as canonical. But as read for inspiration only. 🙂
 
The 4th book of Mac. is considered canonical by only the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches (Oriental Orthdox, not Eastern)…
 
So if I decided to read these books, how should I proceed? Whatever is written should be taken with a grain of salt?

Thanks,

Nelson
 
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