In this podcast episode, David Solomon explores the extraordinary (and miraculous) religious revolt led by the Maccabees between 167 and 160 BCE against the Seleucid Empire. In this first installment of a two-part series on the rise and fall of the Hasmonean Dynasty, David discusses the key figures of the time and examines the revolutionary military tactics used by Jewish guerrilla fighters to defeat an army that was viewed as invincible.
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