A Podcast of Biblical Proportions

An excerpt from Gil's new exclusive series on Patreon, reading out the dramatic chapters of 1 Maccabees. For the full episode click here


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The battles of Joshua the military leader are strikingly similar to those of a real-life Hebrew military leader, Judah the Maccabee
Let's become experts on the Maccabees together - listen to 1 Maccabees, chapter 1

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Our first story of the season is the book's oldest and its most iconic. It was written by priests of Persian times who crossed the Jordan River on their way back home from captivity


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To get ready for the season of Joshua, let's get the lay of the land he is going to conquer. It's basically like a narrow rectangle between the desert and the sea.
Watch the view from Gezer
Watch the view from Hadid
Maps and pictures of the geography of the Holy Land


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In this introductory episode to the sixth biblical book, we learn that it was written to provide the Maccabees with a biblical past they could say they were restoring

Watch the view from Gezer

Watch the view from Hadid

Watch the geographical parallels between the conquests of the Maccabees and those of Joshua

A bit of info and pictures of the geography of the Holy Land





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