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The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind
Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin
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The Talmud: Jewish Law and Life
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2025/04/03
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Imperial Collapse: Rome's Fall in the West and...
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2025/04/01
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Commodus to Constantine: The Peak and Decline of the...
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2025/03/27
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An Animating Spirit: Midrash and the Roman-Jewish Clash
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2025/03/26
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Masters of Satire: Tacitus and Juvenal
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2025/03/20
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Josephus II: The Legacy of Masada
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2025/03/19
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Colossal Split: The Separation of Judaism and...
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2025/03/11
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The Dawn of a New Era: Christianity and the New...
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2025/03/06
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Plutarch: Honor, Wisdom, and Duty
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2025/03/04
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From Trajan to Marcus Aurelius: Rome at its Peak
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2025/02/27
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From Tiberius to Domitian: First-Century Rome in Turmoil
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2025/02/25
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Roman Poetry: Horace, Ovid, and Seneca
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2025/02/20
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Rome Meets the Jews: The First Challenge to Paganism
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2025/02/18
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The Pax Romana: Rome Under Augustus
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2025/02/06
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The Late Roman Republic: Its Troubles and Tribulations
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2025/02/02
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Myth and Memory: Livy's Stories of Rome
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2025/01/28
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