3.5 The Great Revolt I: Lighting the Fuse
Keynote ep: The backstory and background of the first of the three Judean revolts, the Great Revolt of 66 AD/CE. This revolt destroyed the Temple, extinguished the ancient religion of the Tanakh/Old T...
20 Jun 202130min
3.4 Before the Great Revolt II: The Apocalyptic Christians
In this show I discuss the state of the Christians on the verge of the Great Revolt in 66 CE/AD. The Seleucid empire created a new way of conceptualising time. This provided the Jews with the intellec...
30 Mai 202130min
Bonus 34 The Twelve Minor Prophets III: Jonah and Obadiah
In this bonus episode, Steve Guerra and I continue our series on the twelve minor Old Testament prophets. Here we tackle Obadiah and Jonah. Obadiah is the least read book in the Bible, for very good r...
23 Mai 202137min
3.3 Before the Great Revolt I: The Judeans
Keynote ep: The Jews living in the Roman empire had many privileges that allowed them to practice their religion in peace and security. They were even allowed to avoid their patriotic duties of servic...
9 Mai 202127min
Bonus 33 The Twelve Minor Prophets II: Amos and Hosea
In this bonus episode, Steve Guerra and I continue our series on the twelve minor Old Testament prophets. Here we tackle Amos and Hosea. Amos is the perfect pocket prophet. Amos gives you everything y...
2 Mai 202139min
3.2 The Rococo World of the Second Temple
Keynote ep: On the cusp of the Great Revolt in 66, the little province of Judea had spent centuries under Hellenistic influence. Under this influence, Jewish thinkers produced a luxuriant literature i...
18 Apr 202128min
Bonus 32: Into Exile With Bernie from the Fan of History podcast
Bernie Maopolski from the Fan of History podcast and I have fun discussing how the Judeans ended up in exile in the Babylonian empire.
11 Apr 202133min
3.1 The Heirs of Abraham
Keynote ep: An overview of the whole season. I introduce the ancient literary sources we have, and the modern archaeological discoveries that transformed our understanding of the period. Re-recorded t...
28 Mar 202133min
