92: The Inter-Testamental Period

Summary: We finally get to Chuck's research on Judaism, focusing on the inter-Testamental period. We cover the period of Hasmonean independence, Roman presence, life as a client-state of Rome and then as a province under direct rule, the events leading up to and following the destruction of the second Jewish Temple in 70 CE, and finally the disastrous Bar Kochba Rebellion of the 130s.