Introducing Jewish History Unpacked

Unpacking Israeli History

Unpacked

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Unpacking Israeli History introduces another podcast from Unpacked: Jewish History Unpacked. Whoever said history was boring clearly never heard these stories Join hosts Yael and Schwab each week as they take a dive into some deep cuts of Jewish history. From the Jewish Da Vinci Code to mass suicide pacts, explore true stories that feel larger than life. This episode tells the story of Josephus Flavius. It's maybe one of the wildest characters in Jewish history, and that's saying something. That's largely because unlike most historians, he didn't just chronicle the story; as Yael tells Schwab in this week's episode, Josephus, or Yosef ben Matityahu, wrote himself into the story - and what a story it is. This week, we learn about Josephus and the siege of Yodfat, and they ask, what does it mean for us to write yourself into the story of Jewish history?

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0:00.0	Hey friends, no I'm here. I got to tell you we've been working so hard on
0:06.2	season four of unpacking's early history. It's really cool the topics are
0:09.9	unbelievable. I think you're gonna love it. But I'm here right now to talk to you about
0:13.9	something else, another one of our podcast called Jewish History Unpacked, which is
0:18.0	just really cool. It's really smart. It's really funny. It's really thoughtful.
0:20.8	And there are two hosts Jonathan Schwab and Yell Steiner who I really love and they're going to break down the story of Jewish history all the different wild stories in Jewish history and I'm going to actually instead of talking to you about it. I'm going to play it on this feed right now for you to check the whole thing out
0:37.4	And I think you're going to love it and if you love it what you should do is you should subscribe to Jewish History Unpacked in the same exact
0:44.4	app you're listening to this show on. So here it is here's episode one let us know what you think
0:48.5	yala let's do this. So it's gonna be like a little bit of a Clark Kent Superman distinction and I just
0:57.4	want to clarify that in no way am I comparing Josephus to Superman?
1:01.5	Because Superman doesn't hold a candle.
1:03.6	He never went to Rome.
1:05.2	Well, we don't know that.
1:06.7	Well, he certainly didn't write a book about it.
1:08.3	I'm very much an MCU person, so we're
1:10.6	going to put the DC thing to the side for a second.
1:14.0	Welcome to Jewish History Unpacked where we'll do
1:18.0	exactly what it sounds like.
1:20.0	Unpack awesome stories in Jewish history.
1:22.0	I'm Yal Steiner and my childhood dream was. impact awesome stories in Jewish history.
1:22.6	I'm Yal Steiner and my childhood dream was to stay in school forever.
1:26.5	I'm Jonathan Schwab and I am in school forever.
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