The interpretation timeline
1 Maccabees 1:59 Douay-Rheims

And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:

1 witness

Post-Reformation

c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Law, and all the sacred writings. (Josephus; Sulpitius ii.) — The pious Jews secreted what they could, and Judas took care to collect them, 2 Machabees i. 14., and iii. 48. (Calmet)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.