2.10 Grappling with the Greeks I: Josephus and the Books of Maccabees
History in the Bible
English - November 26, 2017 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 569 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality Christianity bible history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 2.9 The Apocalypse to End Them All: 1 Enoch
First in a mini-series on the history of the Jews and the province of Judea under the Hellenistic empires, and under the Maccabees. I start with a summary of the history I will expand on in the next few episodes. Then I present our sources for that history, Josephus and Maccabees. I conclude with a few notes about the oddities of the Ethiopian orthodox biblical canon.