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EPISODE · Dec 10, 2017 · 30 MIN

2.11 Grappling With the Greeks II: Jerusalem Against Athens

from History in the Bible · host Garry Stevens

The Judeans spent 120 happy years under the Hellenistic rule of the Egyptian Ptolemies. They chafed under the rule of the Hellenistic kingdom of the Seleucids, who faced severe geopolitical challenges. The social and economic tidal wave of international Hellenism challenged every aspect of Judean life and thought. A country Jewish priest called Mattathias revolted against this globalisation: Make Judea Holy Again!

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