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Podcast: Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists
Episode: 2 Maccabees Chapter 5: Bible Study by Atheists
Description: Forty-ish days of sky cavalry (yes, literal “cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky” vibes) kicks off 2 Maccabees 5, and it’s immediately giving “ancient mass hallucination” more than “divine revelation.” While Antiochus is off invading Egypt, a rumor of his death sends Jason into “main character” mode—storming the city with not less than a thousand men… and then promptly proving that backstabbing your own people is not, in fact, a winning leadership strategy. Then Antiochus hears Judea might be revolting and responds in the most Bible-adjacent way possible: indiscriminate murder, slavery, and temple looting. The ep...