The History of the Maccabean Revolt (Dr. George Athas)

Join the Hebrew Bible Book Club:   / hebrewbibleinsights   What really happened in the Maccabean Revolt? What can we discern from the history of this story as well as the history of its interpretation throughout time? Dr. George Athas shares some insights on this important story. Bridging the Testaments: https://a.co/d/6pLgYXp Dr. George Athas has a PhD from the University of Sydney and is Director of Research of Old Testament and Hebrew at Moore Theological College. He has written extensively on Old Testament prophetic books; Ecclesiastes; Song of Songs; apocalyptic literature; the exilic and post-exilic periods; Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity; history and archaeology of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean; biblical theology; and Hebrew language.