1 Maccabees Chapter 10: Bible Study by Atheists
This week on Sacrilegious Discourse, we slog through 1 Maccabees 10, a chapter that’s basically Game of Thrones if every character was a walking pronoun problem and every plot twist was solved with a…
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1 Maccabees
Essays, commentary, and Bible-study writing carried over from the original site and organized for easier reading.
1 Maccabees Chapter 9: Bible Study by Atheists
This week on Sacrilegious Discourse, we crack open 1 Maccabees 9 and immediately get hit with seasonal chaos (“Jingle bell, jingle bell…”), plus a refresher rant about the book’s absolute felony-level pronoun abuse. Husband…
1 Maccabees Chapter 8: Bible Study by Atheists
1 Maccabees 8 is basically ancient geopolitics with the world’s worst pronoun problem. We spend half the episode doing live “pronoun triage” just to figure out who’s conquering whom (again). At one point, the…
1 Maccabees Q&A Chapters 1 – 7
If you thought 1 Maccabees was confusing the first time through, welcome to the Q&A episode where we prove it wasnât just you, itâs the text. The hosts dive into chapters 1â7 and immediately…
1 Maccabees Chapter 7: Bible Study by Atheists
Judas Maccabeus is back on his murder tour, and this time 1 Maccabees 7 serves up beheaded generals, and one extremely “arrogant” right hand that ends up hanging "beside" Jerusalem like a bloody lawn…
1 Maccabees Chapter 6: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, the Maccabees aren’t the only drama queens — King Antiochus IV basically has a full-on meltdown because he didn’t get to steal enough gold, then decides he’s dying of feelings instead…
1 Maccabees Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists
Judas Maccabeus is back, and this time he’s on full genocidal tour mode. In 1 Maccabees 5, our hosts walk through a chapter that reads less like “faith heroism” and more like “war crime…
1 Maccabees Chapter 4: Bible Study by Atheists
Judas Maccabeus is back on his murder tour, and 1 Maccabees 4 turns him into the ancient Near Eastern John Wick with a Bible plug. The hosts walk through Judas outsmarting “Gorgeous” Gorgias and…
1 Maccabees Chapter 3: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, the heathen duo dive into 1 Maccabees 3, where Judas Maccabeus rolls up in his giant breastplate, steals a fancy sword, and proceeds to “defend God’s law” by killing a lot…
1 Maccabees Chapter 2: Bible Study by Atheists
In this episode, the hosts dive into 1 Maccabees 2, where we finally meet Matthias and his five sons— including the soon-to-be-brand-name rebel, Judas Maccabeus. Antiochus Epiphanes is still out here doing fascism with…
