Unraveling Ancient Texts: The Challenge of Epigraphy and Yahwism

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Dr. Barnea is a Lecturer at the department of Jewish history and biblical studies at the University of Haifa as well as a Research Fellow at “the Bible in its Traditions".

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OUTLINE

00:00 - Studying ostraca & ancient Egypt

07:16 - Cyrus the Great's empire

14:08 - Yahwism

25:24 - Judaism came from Yahwism

36:48 - Biblical vs. extra-biblical narratives

50:44 - History's most popular religion

55:04 - The Bible is a "battlefield of ideas"

01:00:16 - Moses is not a historical person

01:06:59 - Advanced tech in ancient Alexandria

01:17:39 - Is the Septuagint originally Greek?

01:29:38 - Greek vs. Hebrew translations

01:41:16 - The problem with history

01:48:31 - Was Jesus a real person?

01:56:48 - Unsolved mysteries of antiquity

02:09:45 - Egyptian texts describe how the pyramids were built

02:19:27 - Patreon questions

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