Bonus 51: Maccabees, Sadducees, and Pharisees With Gil Kidron

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 693 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Gil Kidron and I discuss how a small rural priest called Mattathias started an insurgency against Judea’s overlords, the mighty Seleucid kingdom, heir to the empire of Alexander the Great. His descendants became rulers of the tiny region. They are known to history as the Maccabeans. In this period, we see the emergence of two political or social groups. First, the Sadducees, or Tsadokites. Second, the Pharisees.

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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.
0:15.3	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.
0:40.0	In this bonus episode,
0:44.3	Gil Kidron of a podcast of biblical proportions has kindly let me republish our frenetic discussion
0:48.5	of politics and life in second century BCE Judea.
0:54.0	We discuss how a small rural priest called Matathai and life in second century BCE Judea.
1:02.0	We discuss how a small rural priest called Matathias, Madagyahu, started an insurgency against Judea's overlords, the mighty Seleucid kingdom, heir to the Empire of Alexander the Great.
1:09.7	Matathias descendants became rulers of the tiny region.
1:14.1	They are known to history
1:15.2	as the Maccabans.
1:17.5	In this period,
1:18.6	we see the emergence of two
1:20.1	political or social groups.
1:23.3	First, the Sadducees
1:25.0	or Zadakites.
1:27.2	Second, the Pharisees.
1:29.5	Hope you enjoy the show.
1:32.7	Hi, Gil, how are you?
1:35.1	Hi, Gary. Happy to see you.
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