Afterlife 20: The Hand of God in Chronicles and Maccabees
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Garry Stevens and Gil Kidron explore the themes and significance of the books of Chronicles and Maccabees in the context of biblical history and tradition.
Another episode with Gil Kidron of A Podcast of Biblical Proportions. In this show, Gil and explore common themes in the books of Chronicles and Maccabees. Chronicles is two books in the Christian tradition, and one in the Jewish. Chronicles must be the least read book in the Bible, save perhaps for Obadiah. At first sight it is a redundant and profoundly unimpressive re-telling of the history already told in Samuel and Kings. Chronicles does not appear once in the annual cycle of Jewish biblical readings. The medieval rabbis held it in such little regard that they never bothered to produce a commentary on the book. But Gil and I have found hidden treasures in this work, which shows the hand of God behind everything. We also find the hand of God in the second book of Maccabees. If you are a Protestant, you will search in vein for that book in your bible. Martin Luither threw it out. Perhaps ask a friendly Catholic or Orthodox for a copy.
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- Afterlife 18: King David and the Two Traditions
- Afterlife Detour 6: Surviving Vesuvius
- Afterlife 17: Reprise of We Three Kings Epiphany Special
- Afterlife 16: Reprise of Hark the Herald! the Christmas 2018 show
- Afterlife Detour 5: Chasing Proto-Indo-European
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