Introduction to the Maccabean Revolt (with Jeff Cavins) - 2025

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Welcome to the Maccabean Revolt period! Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike to introduce the tenth biblical period in our journey, which begins with the Greek oppression of the Jews under Antiochus Epiphanes, and ends with Herodian rule of the Holy Land. Jeff and Fr. Mike walk us through the key events of this period, highlighting the zealous response of the Maccabean family, the celebration of Hanukkah, and the heroic martyrdom of Jews who would not betray their religious identity in the midst of persecution.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.4	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.5	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.2	Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:17.1	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:20.9	It is the introduction to the Maccabian Revolt.
0:23.7	And we have with us once again, it's super grateful.
0:26.7	Jeff Kavins once again to give us some context when it comes to the Maccabin Revolt.
0:31.1	We've just left the return after the exile.
0:34.0	And now the people of Israel are back in the land of Judah.
0:39.4	And there is a number of books that are during this time period, the Maccabian Revolt, that not a lot of the people in this
0:44.4	Bible in your community are familiar with. And so, Jeff, welcome. And man, what do we do now?
0:51.7	Well, we're actually entering, I think, one of the most underrated periods and one of the most
0:57.1	important periods in setting the table for the Messiah, for Jesus to come on to the scene.
1:04.0	And for our wonderful Protestant friends who have been joining us on this excellent adventure,
1:09.9	they're running into a book now that might
1:13.4	seem a little bit foreign, and I think it would be good to take just a couple of minutes to
1:17.1	explain that book, and where did it come from, what's it talking about, and this whole issue of
1:22.8	being inspired or Deuterocanical or Apocrypha. No, exactly. In fact, we have four books during this time
1:32.3	period. We have not only first and second Maccabees, we also have Syrac and the book of wisdom
1:36.0	that are going to be not necessarily familiar with everyone who's part of this community.
1:41.1	And so I really am grateful. You know, we've talked about some of those other Deutero Canonical books in the past when we read through Judith and we read through those parts of Esther and Daniel and Tobit and Baruch. This is really, I'm really grateful that we have this opportunity for you to introduce not only the time period, but also these books because, yeah, they can be one of those like, wait, do I, how do I listen to
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