Theological Overlap between Maccabees and the Gospels

There is some interesting theological overlap between II Maccabees and the Gospels.

Intro to II Maccabees notes,

"It is a very Jewish book; its basic interpretative model is the Song of Moses, according to which God providentially cares for the Jews but hides his face when they sin, thus allowing foreigners to persecute them until the shedding the blood of his servants works atonement..."

In Maccabees, the blood of God's servants works atonement and God's anger against Israel relents.

In the Gospels, the blood of God's servant messiah works atonement and God's anger against mankind relents.