2 Maccabees Chapters 11 - 15 Q&A: Bible Study by Atheists

Sacrilegious Discourse - Bible Study for Atheists · Apr 8, 2026 · 44m · transcript

The Sacrilegious Discourse crew wraps up 2 Maccabees chapters 11–15 with a gloriously skeptical Q&A episode full of war stories, timeline confusion, divine propaganda, and enough named generals to make your brain file for unemployment. There’s Judas Maccabeus doing his usual murder-tour-of-the-countryside routine, Seleucid officials panicking, and a totally-not-made-up heavenly horseman showing up in white clothes with golden weapons because apparently biblical military fanfic was thriving in the 160s BCE.Things get even weirder when the episode dives into prayers for the dead, revenge…