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2.14 Grappling with the Greeks V: Jubilees Reconstructs Judaism
2.14 Grappling with the Greeks V: Jubilees Reconstructs Judaism
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
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 Jews and Christians until the early Middle Ages. The book re-writes Genesis and Exodus. Jubilees claims a higher authority than those books. It creates a new sacred calendar, and invents the figure we call Satan. I also have something to say about that odious book written at the same time, the Wisdom of Ben Sira.
Released:
Jan 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
1.5 The Names of God: Yahweh, El, Elohim, Adonai: the religion of Canaan and the Israelites by History in the Bible