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3.27 The Last Heirs of Abraham I: Setting the Stage

History in the Bible

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The Rise and Fall of the High Priest

The Jews first Hellenistic rulers were the Tolmies of Egypt. They spent a blissful two centuries under benign Persian patronage. Monotheism finally triumphed and there is almost no evidence for polytheism after the return. And for more on that, I come back to episode 2.7, under Persia farewell to the Old Testament.

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