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Season 2 Episode 20
Herod's kingdom was divided. The Romans took their own chunk. His sons Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Philip received portions. Their success was mixe…
8 years, 6 months ago
What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?
Season 2 Episode 19
Rome created an efficient economic system that enabled even middle-strata Judeans to buy goods from far-distant places. Rome introduced new social st…
8 years, 6 months ago
Modern Debates: Scandal of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Season 2 Episode 18
The Biblical find of the century, the Dead Sea Scrolls, were turned over to an international committee for study. Bad idea. The cabal refused to let …
8 years, 7 months ago
Bonus: Yochi Brandes' novel 'The Orchard'- Judaism and Christianity after the fall of the Temple
Season 2
Dan Libenson of the Judaism Unbound podcast returns to the show. This time we discuss best-selling Israeli author Yochi Brandes' novel 'The Orchard'.…
8 years, 7 months ago
Recovering the Bible: A Century of Revelations
Season 2 Episode 17
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 Ge…
8 years, 7 months ago
Meet the Neighbours: Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
Season 2 Episode 16
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 d…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Rise and Ruin of the Maccabeans
Season 2 Episode 15
The Maccabeans reach their apogee under John Hyrcanus I, and his sons Aristobulus and Alexander Jannaeus. Alexander's widow, Alexandra Salome, became…
8 years, 8 months ago
Grappling with the Greeks V: Jubilees Reconstructs Judaism
Season 2 Episode 14
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 thoug…
8 years, 9 months ago
Grappling with the Greeks IV: Daniel and the Book of Parables
Season 2 Episode 13
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 …
8 years, 9 months ago
Grappling with the Greeks III: The Maccabeans Revolt
Season 2 Episode 12
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. An…
8 years, 10 months ago