The Apocryphal Books of Maccabees (Dan McClennan and Dan Beecher, Data Over Dogma podcast on YouTube)

This episode, we're going to figure out what the heck a Maccabee is. That is, we're covering both history and a couple of books in the apocrypha. That's right: we're discussing the Maccabean revolt.

What do we know about the actual historical event? Who were the main players, and how did it all shake out? Is the story presented in the books of Maccabees true to the history? What's a Seleucid?

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

1:06 - History's Mysteries: The Maccabean Revolt

1:56 - What are the Books of Maccabees?

3:58 - Alexander the Great & The Diadochi

5:42 - Hellenizers vs. Traditionalists (The Culture Clash)

8:33 - Antiochus IV Epiphanes Tries to Erase Judaism

12:31 - 1 Maccabees vs. 2 Maccabees

14:45 - Judas Maccabeus & The Revolt Begins

15:42 - The Real Origins of Hanukkah

16:29 - The Hasmonean Dynasty (Judean Independence)

18:08 - Why the Essenes Fled to Qumran

19:40 - Rome Encroaches & Pompey Annexes Judea

22:04 - The Historical Context of the Book of Daniel

26:24 - The Birth of Heaven & Hell Theology

27:24 - Did the Hasmoneans Formalize the Torah?

30:27 - Proxy Sacrifices & Why Martin Luther Hated 2 Maccabees

33:32 - Outro & Patreon Afterparty

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/OzzDHZ9IRxs?si=D2CUl0h7PeNURTGl