Bible scholar Dr. Dan McClellan and atheist podcaster Dan Beecher team up to discover what the Bible actually says, what it decidedly doesn’t say (even if everyone thinks it does), and explore the history of the most popular book of all time.
This ain’t your pastor’s Bible podcast. This is a deep interrogation of the book, and we’re bringing receipts. Bible scholar Dr. Dan McClellan and atheist podcaster Dan Beecher team up to discover what the Bible actually says, what it decidedly doesn’t say (even if everyone thinks it does), and explore the history of the most popular book of all time.
This week we’re taking two topics that we’ve skimmed the surface of, and we’re diving deep!
First, we’re going to figure out what the heck a Maccabee is. That is, we’re covering both history and a couple of books in the apocrypha. That’s right: we’re discussing the Maccabean revolt.
What do we know about the actual historical event? Who were the main players, and how did it all shake out? Is the story presented in the books of Maccabees true to the history? What’s a Seleucid?
Then, we’re breaking down the Prophetic Critique, but we’re doing it with a twist! Has Dan McClellan been missing something in his discussions of this concept? He was called out by a listener–will he accept the criticism, or clap back?
Find Simone’s critique of Dan’s critique of the Prophetic Critique here:
https://simonereadstexts.substack.com/p/remembering-the-prophetic-critique
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