Introduction to the Maccabean Revolt (with Jeff Cavins) - 2022
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Is There a Tension Toward Suspicion?
First and second Maccabees, you're going to be reading along with a type of history that is more familiar than say Judith. You have Alexander the Great, Antiochus Epiphanes, you have the Maccabean revolt. And so I think one way to really help everybody to situate themselves in the book ofMaccabees is to go back and to remember all of the enemies of Israel. We are now entering the rise of the Greek culture. Hellenization in the star is Alexander the Great.
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