text: Although these books are completely different in content from the books of Maccabees in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles , they are sometimes referred to as Ethiopic Maccabees or Ethiopian Maccabees .
simplified: These books are very different in content from the books of Maccabees in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles , but they are sometimes called Ethiopic Maccabees or Ethiopian Maccabees .