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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
In this chaotic tour through 1 Kings and 2 Kings, your favorite godless duo wraps up the Deuteronomistic history by time-lining Israel’s slow-motion trainwreck into exile. We’re talking Solomon’s “wisest man alive” era that…
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…
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…
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…
Forget cozy Sunday school—this episode yanks you straight into the Deuteronomistic history, where obedience allegedly brings “blessing” and disobedience gets you earthquakes, exile, and the occasional mass slaughter… all lovingly curated by Yahweh’s PR…
In this episode, we crack open First Maccabees, Chapter 1 and immediately get dropped into the chaos left behind by Alexander the Great and his idiot successor fanboys. The hosts walk through how Alexander’s…