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Bonus 51: Maccabees, Sadducees, and Pharisees With Gil Kidron
Bonus 51: Maccabees, Sadducees, and Pharisees With Gil Kidron
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
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.
Released:
Mar 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
1.3 Canons and Criticism: From the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to Archbishop Ussher by History in the Bible