Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
Episodes
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#5501: Pharisees vs Sadducees: What We Actually KnowTwo groups everyone has heard of, documented almost entirely by outsiders. What the sources really say about the Pharisees and Sadducees.Main topic -
#5356: Torch Juggling in the Temple: Inside Sukkot's All-Night Water FestivalFifteen hours of torch juggling, nonstop music, and a rain ritual the Torah never commanded — inside the Second Temple's wildest celebration.Main topic -
#5630: Josephus: The Priest Who Wrote From Rome's SidePriest, general, defector, Roman pensioner — how one first-century author became the lens through which we see ancient Judaism. -
#5492: 21 Shofar Blasts a Day: The Temple's Lost SoundscapeThe shofar wasn't just a Rosh Hashanah thing. In the Temple, horns sounded 21 times a day — marking work, worship, and water. -
#5809: What If Israel Had Never Fallen? A 2,000-Year Thought ExperimentHannah's question: what would Israel look like if it had stayed under Jewish rule for 2,000 years — and was antisemitism structural or circumstantial?