Judah and his Jewish fighters defeated the Greeks one more time, then came to Jerusalem, where they cleansed the Temple of the statues of the Greek gods and dedicated it once more to the worshi...

21 minutes, 44 seconds
Published 3 days ago

The Hasidim, the Pious Jews, started the rebellion against the Seleucids when Mattathias, the old priest, killed people in Modein who tried to offer sacrifices to the Greek gods. Mattathias di...

25 minutes, 09 seconds
Published 10 days ago

King Antiochus III of the Seleucids took over the territory of Jerusalem and Judea from the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt. His son, King Antiochus IV, in an attempt to strengthen his southern bor...

26 minutes, 31 seconds
Published: 9/25/2008

The Greeks came to Jerusalem and set up idols and honored their gods in the dramatic presentations. This created a cultural hostility with the Jewish prohibition on graven images. Greeks, and...

17 minutes, 43 seconds
Published: 9/18/2008

In an empty and desolate place- the Arabian desert - Mohammed began to preach the revelation he believed he had been given. Mohammed was influenced by the Jews, but the Jews rejected his messa...

18 minutes, 21 seconds
Published: 7/3/2007

The Destruction of Jerusalem did not cause the end of the Jewish people or their religion. The Jews in Babylon worked at jobs, raised families, and met together weekly, establishing Judaism- t...

23 minutes, 21 seconds
Published: 6/12/2007

Looking back at the previous episodes, we can see how the people in Judah and Jerusalem did not want to believe that the Judgement of God was falling upon them. They wanted so badly to believe...

20 minutes, 34 seconds
Published: 6/5/2007

Ezekiel's vivid visions and prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem came in the final years of the Jewish kingdom. But even as destruction came, Ezekiel's prophecies also sowed the seeds of...

16 minutes, 44 seconds
Published: 5/29/2007

Jeremiah faced opposition from the Jews when he told them to serve Babylon, and- maybe at the same time- Daniel's friends faced opposition and were threatened with death in the fiery furnace. ...

15 minutes, 49 seconds
Published: 5/22/2007

Thousands of Jews were taken off to Babylon, the people who knew how to do useful things. Jeremiah encouraged them to make new lives, while he stayed in Jerusalem with the "bad figs."...

15 minutes, 49 seconds
Published: 5/15/2007