42 - The Maccabean Coincidence

Gil takes on the evidence that shows that the Maccabees added their own stories to Exodus. Join the tribe!

Read Exodus according to the different sources. Our Maccabean editor is the J source of the book (the majority at least) https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Bible/King_James/Documentary_Hypothesis/Exodus

1 Maccabees https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Maccabees+1&version=NRSVUE

Maccabean Revolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabean_Revolt

Hasmonean Dynasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty

Maccabean king-priest John Hyrcanus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hyrcanus

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