September 12, 2013 – 2 Maccabees 1

This chapter consists of two letters. One is to Jews in Egypt, basically telling them about Judas and some of his success. The second is talking about a celebration and a liquid that was used for burning, but was, I took, not thought to be flammable. Now that I am thinking about it, it talks of a thick liquid that they discovered for flammable. Did they discover oil?