Bonus 51: Maccabees, Sadducees, and Pharisees With Gil Kidron
History in the Bible
English - March 19, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB - ★★★★★ - 569 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality Christianity bible history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Gil Kidron and I discuss how a small rural priest called Mattathias started an insurgency against Judea’s overlords, the mighty Seleucid kingdom, heir to the empire of Alexander the Great. His descendants became rulers of the tiny region. They are known to history as the Maccabeans. In this period, we see the emergence of two political or social groups. First, the Sadducees, or Tsadokites. Second, the Pharisees.