![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | An Aside: The Hedgehog, the Fox and the Talmud - Michael Satlow
A meditation on the Talmud and Tolstoy, and what this can teach us about the nature of truth itself. Published on zeek.net.
Keywords: Talmud; religion; truth; history; Judaism
Downloads: 1,784 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 10: The Books of Jubilees and 1 Enoch - Michael Satlow
A discussion of two books dating from the third or second centuries, BCE, Jubilees and 1 Enoch. Both books, part of a collection traditionally known as "the Pseudepigrapha," testify to a Jewish understanding of continuing direct divine revelation in the Hellenistic period.
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish history; Jews; academic; ancient history; Christianity; religion; Jubilees; Enoch; Bible
Downloads: 5,567 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 11: The Revolt of the Maccabees - Michael Satlow
Why did the Maccabees revolt around 165 BCE? This episode explores both the revolt of the Maccabees and the origins of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Keywords: Jewish history; Judaism; Hannukah; academic; Christianity; Judah; Maccabees
Downloads: 6,103 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 12: The Hasmonean Kings - Michael Satlow
A discussion of Judah's consolidation of power around 162 BCE to the last of the Hasmonean kings, in 30 BCE.
Keywords: Jewish history; second temple; hasmonean kings; Judaism; Christianity
Downloads: 5,835 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 13: Jewish Sectarianism - Michael Satlow
On the origins of Jewish sectarianism in the second to first centuries, BCE, with a focus on Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and (if different) the first inhabitants of Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls would be found.
Keywords: Jewish history; Jews; Judaism; Christianity; Pharisees; Sadducees; Essenes; Dead Sea scrolls
Downloads: 6,148 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 14: Hellenistic Judaism - Michael Satlow
The religion of the Jews who lived in the Greek speaking areas of the Mediterranean is commonly called "Hellenistic Judaism". This episode explains why scholars use this term; why it is less useful than it might seem; and how it is that most of these Jews would have worshiped the God of Israel.
Keywords: Jewish history; academic; Judaism; Hellenism; Christianity; Second Temple
Downloads: 6,462 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 15: Herod the Great - Michael Satlow
Was Herod the Great a brilliant ruler or a savage brute? This episode traces Herod's rise to power and his reign, 40 - 4 BCE.
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish history; Herod; Christianity; Josephus
Downloads: 6,726 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 16: Philo - Michael Satlow
Philo Judaeus is the most well-known Jewish philosopher from antiquity. Living in Alexandria from ca. 20 BCE - 50 CE, Philo produced an astonishing corpus that has often been held up as a signal example of "Hellenistic Judaism." Who was Philo, and what was he up to?
Keywords: Jewish history; Judaism; Christianity; Bible; Philo; philosophy; Hellenism
Downloads: 5,810
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| From Israelite to Jew: 17: The Dead Sea Scrolls? - Michael Satlow
What are the Dead Sea scrolls? This episode discusses their discovery, contents, and meaning.
Keywords: Judaism; Christianity; Sectarianism; Qumran; Dead Sea Scrolls; Jewish history
Downloads: 8,207 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 18: Jesus and Other Strange Jews - Michael Satlow
In the first century CE the area around Jerusalem teemed with small Jewish religious groups, or sects. This episode focuses on three of the most well-known of these groups: Pharisees, Sadducees, and the early followers of Jesus.
Keywords: Judaism; Christianity; Jewish history; sectarianism; Jesus Pharisees; Sadducees
Downloads: 9,812 |
| From Israelite to Jew-1-Between Faith and Reason - Michael Satlow
A series on the history of the Jews and Judaism in antiquity.
Keywords: history; Jews; Judaism; Second Temple; Bible; religion; Christianity; education; academic
Downloads: 12,678 |
| From Israelite to Jew-2-Religion of Israel - Michael Satlow
A discussion of the religion of the ancient Israelites, as reflected in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and archaeological finds.
Keywords: history; Jews; Judaism; Jewish history; bible; old testament; religion; Christianity; education; academic
Downloads: 10,127 |
| From Israelite To Jew-3-Exile - Michael Satlow
This episode discusses the events that led to the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE, and the exile of some Judahite families to Babylonia.
Keywords: bible; Jewish history; Jews; Judaism; religion; First Temple; Jerusalem; education; academic
Downloads: 8,908 |
| From Israelite to Jew-4-Return - Michael Satlow
This episode traces the first two returns from Babylonia to Jerusalem, first under Sheshbazzar and then under the dual leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, and the building of the Second Temple (539 BCE - 516).
Keywords: Bible; Second Temple; Jews; Judaism; Jerusalem; religion; academic; history; Jewish history; Haggai; Zechariah
Downloads: 8,683 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 5: Ezra - Michael Satlow
This episode deals primarily with the career of Ezra, in 458 BCE. I discuss intermarriage in the Bible and the emergence of the Torah as a source of authority in Israel.
Keywords: Jewish history; academic; education; Jews; Judaism; Bible; Ezra; intermarriage; marriage; religion
Downloads: 8,374 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 6: The Torah - Michael Satlow
A discussion of the historical formation of the Torah, or Pentateuch, and an introduction to the documentary hypothesis.
Keywords: Bible; Jews; Jewish history; religion; Old Testament; Torah; Judaism; religion; Christianity
Downloads: 6,039 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 7: Nehemiah - Michael Satlow
Nehemiah's reforms, from 445 BCE to ca. 432 BCE.
Keywords: Judaism; Jewish history; Bible; Christianity; religion; academic; ancient history
Downloads: 7,798 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 8: Jews of the Persian Empire - Michael Satlow
This episode discusses two Jewish communities outside of Jerusalem, that represented by the biblical book of Esther, and that of Elephantine, Egypt.
Keywords: religion; academic; Judaism; Jewish history; Second Temple; Esther; Jews
Downloads: 6,092 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 9: Hellenism Arrives - Michael Satlow
A discussion of Alexander's conquest of west Asia and its aftermath (323 - 200 BCE). What is "Hellenism," and how did the Jews react to it?
Keywords: Jews; Jewish history; academic; religion; Judaism; Alexander; Hellenism; Ptolemies; Seleucids; Septuagint; Ecclesiastes; Ecclesiasticus
Downloads: 5,827 |
| From Israelite to Jew: 19: Josephus - Michael Satlow
Without the works of the historian Josephus (36/37 CE - ca. 95) we would know little about the history of the Jews in antiquity. Yet Josephus, as a historian and a man, was a complex figure: was he a Jewish patriot or a Roman toady?
Keywords: Jewish history; Josephus; Judaism; Christianity |
