#64. Epiphany
From The Third Hour Podcast by The Third Hour Podcast
September 8, 2025 · 1h 24m · Season 3 · Episode 64
About this episode
The episode discusses the apocalyptic themes in the Book of Daniel and the historical figure Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
The second half of the Book of Daniel concerns apocalyptic images — although those images refer to an apocalypse that never arrived, and which was never intended to communicate anything about the modern world. Today on the Third Hour, we discuss the not-so-hidden history of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a big jerk whose reign directly led to the theological invention of a bad place after death.
Topics covered
- Book of Daniel
- apocalyptic images
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- theological invention
- afterlife
Keywords
- apocalypse
- history
- theology
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Epiphany, the Book of Daniel, the Third Hour
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