3.2 The Rococo World of the Second Temple
History in the Bible
Garry Stevens
4.4 • 711 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Keynote ep: On the cusp of the Great Revolt in 66, the little province of Judea had spent centuries under Hellenistic influence. Under this influence, Jewish thinkers produced a luxuriant literature in modes and genres unknown to the Tanakh/Old Testament.
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| 0:00.0 | Giday, I'm Gary Stevens. |
| 0:09.9 | And welcome to the third season of the History in the Bible podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | In this final season, I explore how the Jews and the Christians constructed new religions when they were sent |
| 0:23.9 | spinning into the void after the destruction of the temple. All of the history, about all of the |
| 0:31.4 | books beyond the Bible. |
| 0:42.3 | Episode 3.2, the Rococo World of the Second Temple. |
| 0:52.6 | In the last episode, I presented our sources for the history of early Christianity and rabbinical Judaism, the heirs of Abraham. |
| 1:00.7 | In this episode, I consider the geopolitical situation of the Judeans, on the verge of the Great Revolt in 66 AD, CE. |
| 1:04.6 | Thank you, Bick. |
| 1:06.5 | No wait, I tell a lie. |
| 1:09.3 | Before I can recount that story, we have to travel back in time 600 years. |
| 1:15.6 | In the year 600 BC, E, most Judeans lived in a tiny kingdom. As Syria had destroyed its sister kingdom of Israel a century earlier. |
| 1:28.1 | The Israelites were transported to far away lands within the empire. |
| 1:33.2 | When Babylon smashed Assyria and then Judah, |
| 1:37.9 | it too deported the inhabitants back to the Babylonian heartland by the Euphrates. |
| 1:52.0 | Debate rages over how many Judeans were taken to Mesopotamia and how many were left behind. For more backstory hearken back to episode 1.56, modern debates into exile. |
| 2:00.0 | In the late 20th century, |
| 2:02.4 | a treasure of 100 cuneiform tablets was unearthed |
| 2:05.6 | from the Judean settlement of Al-Jahadu |
| 2:08.5 | in the heart of Babylonia. |
| 2:11.4 | They only made their way into the hands of scholars |
| 2:14.4 | a decade ago. |
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