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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: 1 Maccabees Q&A Chapters 1 - 7
Description: If you thought 1 Maccabees was confusing the first time through, welcome to the Q&A episode where we prove it wasn’t just you, it’s the text. The hosts dive into chapters 1–7 and immediately tackle the big brain question: is Eupator related to Jupiter? Short answer: nope. Longer answer: his name basically means “son of awesome dad,” because Antiochus IV Epiphanes was so full of himself he named his kid after his own greatness... right before we detour into how Darth Vader literally means “Dark Father.”Then we finally untangle that maddening date-counting system. Every “in the 137th yea...