Bonus 18: Yochi Brandes' novel 'The Orchard'- Judaism and Christianity after the fall of the Temple
Dan Libenson of the Judaism Unbound podcast returns to the show. This time we discuss best-selling Israeli author Yochi Brandes' novel 'The Orchard'. Dan translated the book into English. The novel ce...
11 Mars 201859min
2.17 Recovering the Bible: A Century of Revelations
So much to cover: the discovery of the oldest Jewish bible, the Leningrad Codex; and the oldest Christian bible, the Codex Sinaticus. At the Cairo Geniza, finds revealed another thousand years of manu...
4 Mars 201828min
2.16 Meet the Neighbours: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
As the Tanakh tells it, the Jewish nation comprised a united body-politic from the fall of the kingdom of Israel right through the return. The only division in Judaism was between those who followed G...
18 Feb 201826min
2.15 The Rise and Ruin of the Maccabeans
The Maccabeans reach their apogee under John Hyrcanus I, and his sons Aristobulus and Alexander Jannaeus. Alexander's widow, Alexandra Salome, became known as a ruler of wisdom and moderation. Her inc...
4 Feb 201833min
2.14 Grappling with the Greeks V: Jubilees Reconstructs Judaism
The Book of Jubilees was preserved by the Ethiopian Orthodox. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, it was held to be a parody of Jewish thought. Now we know the book was immensely popular with...
21 Jan 201831min
2.13 Grappling with the Greeks IV: Daniel and the Book of Parables
The book of Daniel is one-half comfy folktales, and one-half crazy. It was the only one of the many Jewish apocalyptic books to make it into the Old testament because it was the only book to talk of t...
7 Jan 201827min
2.12 Grappling with the Greeks III: The Maccabeans Revolt
Rival high priests Jason and Menelaus plunge Judah into turmoil. Many Jews thought that both Jason and Menelaus were too Greek for their own good. Antiochus IV over-reacts and attempts to quash the ci...
24 Dec 201730min
2.11 Grappling With the Greeks II: Jerusalem Against Athens
The Judeans spent 120 happy years under the Hellenistic rule of the Egyptian Ptolemies. They chafed under the rule of the Hellenistic kingdom of the Seleucids, who faced severe geopolitical challenges...
10 Dec 201730min
