From Israelite to Jew
A series on the history of Jews and Judaism in antiquity.
- Website
- http://msatlow.blogspot.com/
- Description
- Reflections of a scholar of religion and Jewish studies with a focus in antiquity.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-10-15 08:09
- last episode published
- 2011-02-23 22:29
- publication frequency
- 34.14 days
- Contributors
- Michael Satlow
- Author Owner
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 24
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Education Religion & Spirituality Judaism Christianity History Higher Education
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Episodes
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| 2011-02-23 | The traditional legal definition of a Jew is well-known: the child of a Jewish mother or a convert. Sure, there is a little fuzziness around the edges asOrthodox Jews in Israel in particular debate what makes a kosher conversion, and whether conversio... |
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| 2010-12-22 | In this episode I discuss the historical formation of the Torah, or Pentateuch, and provide an introduction to the documentary hypothesis. I am now receiving technical support from Brown University, and the quality of the audio is improved.The episode... |
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| 2010-01-21 |
From Israelite to Jew: 22: After the Destruction: A Beginning or and End? The Jerusalem Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, a moment that typically is said to mark in Jewish historiography the end of the "second temple period" and beginning of the "rabbinic period." But to what extent did things really change?In this episode, the... |
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| 2010-01-14 | The Jewish revolt in Judea that began in 66 CE ended with the Roman destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70. Why, though, did the Jews in Judea and the Galilee revolt? And why did the Romans destroy the Temple?The episode can be heardhere or on the p... |
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| 2009-11-23 | This episode focuses on the years 6 CE - 66 CE, and the events leading up to the Jewish revolt. This episode includes discussions of Roman administration and the Sanhedrin.The episode can be heardhere or on the player below. More download options areh... |
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| 2009-11-03 | 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?The episode can be h... |
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| 2009-10-13 | 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.The episode is available... |
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| 2009-09-29 | What are the Dead Sea scrolls? This episode discusses their discovery, contents, and meaning.The episode can be heardhere or on the player below. More download options arehere. The podcast can also be heard on iTunes. |
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| 2009-08-03 | 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... |
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| 2009-07-21 | 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.The episode can be heardhere, or on the player below. More download options arehere. It can also be heard on iTunes. |
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