Hellenistic Judaism (332-167 BCE)

When Alexander the Great conquered Judea, he offered the Jewish people the same freedoms that the Persians had given. But he also exposed Judea to Greek culture.

[allentchang]

The Book of Tobit sounds like an RPG game. Move Tobit to the river. A fish suddenly appears and tries to swallow his feet. Ask Tobit to catch the fish. A status box appears which says Tobit has now acquired the fish's gall bladder, heart, and liver. Tobit has to figure out when is the appropriate time to use these newly acquired items in his adventure so this game doesn't become over.

[raydavison]

This secular Gentile says that he is learning a great deal from your videos. Thank you much!

[gurudandasana]

Binge watching while i work!!! Thank you for such a great delivery!

[sheltr]

"...everybody ended-up with at least some yoghurt in their hummus"
High-LARIOUS
You are consistently educational, and often very funny.
Yes, I'll be sponsoring you, momentarily....

[DocRealTalk]

I just found your channel through a recommendation from Al Muqaddimah.
Great channel...literally going through these on the playlist!

[historicalminds]

I’ve watched a few of your videos now which are incredibly interesting. Can you list your sources?

[kevinmckenna]

"Everyone found some yogurt in their hummus." Oh jeez, what a turn of phrase. Bravo.

[Joyride]

2:48 I'm a little surprised to see Job apparently added so late into biblical canon from greek influence. Every other google search about it indicates its one of the oldest books written in the bible, or at least one of the oldest oral traditions.

[thomaswilson]

4:02 love the Historia Civilis reference!

[Erewhon]

Persian cooking (tandoor ovens, naan style flatbreads, pilaf...) and waterworks (underground aqueducts) seem to have spread into Central Asia (saw many examples in Chinese Turkestan aka Xinjiang), though likely that was intentional borrowing by those peoples, who likely found it useful (&/or delicious on the topic of cuisine) in the similar climates, rather than an imposition by the ruling culture from Pars. Also, before the Turkic expansion, nearly all of that area was either inhabited or at least along the trade networks of ethnicities speaking Iranian languages (like Scythian / Saka or Sogdian). (Prior to the Tang-funded Yennisey Kyrghyz destruction of the Uyghur Khaganate and its resultant flood of refugees, the Tarim Basin seems to have had Serindian and Iranic traces, but to have been mostly western Indo-European, "Tocharian.". However there is definitely evidence of trade and written discourse with Iranic cultures further east.)

[TraumatisedTyrone]

What's the name of the musical pieces in these videos? They are so good :D The Yiddishkeit is through the roof with the clarinet

[kolash]

Wonderful video. Interesting thought though, perhaps metaphysics and ontology existed within the Jewish tradition vis-à-vis the tradition temple (coincidentally the imagery used in the Song of Songs, Sirach, etc… hence Christianity)

[TheLoyalOfficer]

"Some yogurt in the hummus." HILARIOUS!

[eitanaltshuler]

What's your source(s) for claiming Purim comes from Nowruz? My own research hasn't shown any clear, linear connection.

[Normal_user_coniven]

2:49
You wrote song of songs איוב which is for Job. You made two Ayubs (Job)s.

[yoavlavi]

Hi man I just started to watch your videos, and as a Jew I learn a lot of new staff. But are you having source for all of the things because you say a lot of things that I thought difference and that in the internet I find the opposite things (that happens a lot because of religion propaganda on Israel)

[SaCamRan]

Before the Greeks how scholarly were the Jewish people ? It seems the intellectual tradition of the Jews was also influenced by the Sumerians ?

[stuartzalka]

Just found your Youtube posts. Very interesting, but I'd like to follow up with your sources.

[צמחישראלמרום]

2:49- Just want to make a correction,
under "proverbs" it is written "malachi" in hebrew
and under "the song of songs" it's written "job".
it doesn't matter to what you are saying, just wanted to point out

[marksimons]

3:17 _"Over time a uniquely Jewish form of theatre came into being
the Broadway musical was born!