From Israelite to Jew

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  After Destruction 03.12.2025 28мин

  What really changed for Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple?
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  Destruction 19.11.2025 31мин

  The Judaeans, joined by the Galileans and others, revolted from Roman rule in 66 CE. Four years later the Second Temple was razed, and shortly thereafter the last renegades were cleared from Masada. What happened?
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  The First Century 12.11.2025 30мин

  A discussion of the general tenor of Judaea on the eve of the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans.
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  Josephus 05.11.2025 30мин

  This podcast would be impossible without the survival of the historical work of Josephus, an eyewitness (so he says) of the destruction of the Second Temple. Who is he and what did he write, and why?
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  Jesus and Other Strange Jews 29.10.2025 31мин

  Judaea and Galilee were awash in messianic figures. What do we know about them, and how does Jesus fit?
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  The Dead Sea Scrolls 22.10.2025 29мин

  What are really in these famous ancient scrolls?
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  Philo 16.10.2025 29мин

  The greatest Jewish philosopher of antiquity (we know of only two or three), Philo lived in Alexandria and left a voluminous and intriguing set of writings.
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  Herod the Great 09.10.2025 32мин

  Much maligned, perhaps King Herod the Great wasn’t as terrible as is sometimes thought.
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  Hellenistic Judaism 25.09.2025 29мин

  Many Jewish around the turn of the millennium lived outside of Judaea. Where were these Greek-speaking Jews and what do we know about them?
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  Origins of Jewish Sectarianism 17.09.2025 29мин

  Several Jewish sects, especially Pharisees and Sadducees, emerge into the historical record at this time. Who are they?
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  The Hasmonean Kings 10.09.2025 31мин

  The Maccabees were successful. The dynasty they began, perhaps not so much.
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  Revolt of the Maccabees 03.09.2025 32мин

  Why did the Maccabees revolt around 165 BCE? This episode explores both the revolt of the Maccabees and the origins of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
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  The Book of Jubilees and 1 Enoch 20.08.2025 27мин

  A discussion of two books dating from the third or second centuries, BCE, Jubilees and 1 Enoch. Both books, part of a collection traditionally known as "the Pseudepigrapha," testify to a Jewish understanding of continuing direct divine revelation in the Hellenistic period.
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  Hellenism Arrives 13.08.2025 28мин

  A discussion of Alexander's conquest of west Asia and its aftermath (323 - 200 BCE). What is "Hellenism," and how did the Jews react to it?
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  The Torah 30.07.2025 31мин

  A discussion of the historical formation of the Torah, or Pentateuch, and an introduction to the documentary hypothesis.
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  Jews of the Persian Empire 24.07.2025 28мин

  This episode discusses two Jewish communities outside of Jerusalem, that represented by the biblical book of Esther, and that of Elephantine, Egypt.
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  Nehemiah 24.07.2025 30мин

  Nehemiah's reforms, from 445 BCE to ca. 432 BCE.
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  Ezra 20.07.2025 29мин

  This episode deals primarily with the career of Ezra, in 458 BCE. I discuss intermarriage in the Bible and the emergence of the Torah as a source of authority in Israel.
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  An Enchanted World: Book Announcement 20.07.2025 1мин

  My new book, An Enchanted World: The Shared Religious Landscape of Late Antiquity, will be published by Princeton University Press (see here) in February 2026, and around the same time in Italian by Bollati Boringhieri.
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  Return 30.06.2025 31мин

  This episode traces the first two returns from Babylonia to Jerusalem, first under Sheshbazzar and then under the dual leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, and the building of the Second Temple (539 BCE - 516). I strive to make my work free, accessible, and without advertising. Hence, I depend on listener support and generosity to continue to do so. If you feel you have receive something of value from it, please considering making a donation through the link on the homepage of htt...