This week we talk about Jewish history.

Sources

• The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman
• Wikipedia - Jewish History

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This week we talk about ancient paganism.

Sources

• The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman
• Wikipedia - Paganism
• Wikipedia - Ancient Greek Religion
• Wikipedia - Religion in Ancient Rome
• Wikipedia - Imperial cult of Ancient Rome
• Wikipedia - Hellenistic Religion
• Wikipedia - Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism

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This week we talk about the Roman Republic, expansion, and Empire up to 275 CE.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Macedonian_War
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War

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We introduce the podcast and then explain why the Bishop of Alexandra, an Egyptian, would speak Greek. The required a brief overview of the Achaemenid, Macedonian, and Seleucid Empires, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom, as well as what Hellenism is and how the Hellenization process worked.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom

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Schisms is a new podcast on the history of religion coming in 2020