The Continuous History of the Jewish People

Years covered: 162 BC - 143 BC In our second part on the lifetime of Jonathan Apphus, we find out what happens to the Maccabees after the Temple is in their hands. Antiochus IV might be dead, but that doesn't mean the Seleucids are just going to relinquish Judea. Independence will be a long, drawn-out process, and paid for in blood. Cast of Characters The Jews: Mattitayhu the Hasmonean x Judah Mac...

Years covered: 175 BC -162 BC In part 1 of this chapter, we cover the story behind the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, which starts with a war between the Greeks...and the Romans, and leads to a skirmish between hellenist Jews and...other hellenist Jews, which then leads to Antiochus IV going a little overboard, culminating in a battle between the Maccabees and...Samaritans, and finally, with the reca...

In the inaugural episode of The Continuous History of the Jewish people, we review what the Jews of 175 bc would have thought their history was for the previous 1000 years or so. We start with the patriarch Abraham and his descendants, meet Moses, then the settling of the land of Canaan and unification under the monarchy, the Neo-Assyrian invasions, the Babylonian invasions, Cyrus the Great and th...

On advice from the people who heard the first three episodes, I added this little introduction explaining why I am doing this podcast and presenting Jewish history in this way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.