Early Biblical History [Cc]
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1-1 = part 1 of series The original transcript [English, rather than YT's often hilarious voice-recognition] is available by clicking the box (extreme right of video bar). The ancient Middle East up to Judah’s survival after the Northern Kingdom fell to the Babylonians in 586 BCE. Playlist: www.youtube.com List of uploads within playlist: berties-teapot.blogspot.com This is the opening of aYale University course on the Hebrew Bible. The full course can be found here: oyc.yale.edu oyc.yale.edu Christine Hayes is Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996, she was Assistant Professor of Hebrew Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University for three years. A specialist in talmudic-midrashic studies, Hayes offers undergraduate courses on the literature and history of the biblical and talmudic periods (including Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and Introduction to Judaism). www.yale.edu academicearth.org Diagrams illustrating the timeline and books of the HB/OT: www.threetwoone.org www.threetwoone.org hodos.org hodos.org hodos.org hodos.org www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org www.amazon.com Related Playlists Archaeology and the Bible www.youtube.com Lost Gospels www.youtube.com Who Wrote the Bible? www.youtube.com Yale University course on the New Testament www.youtube.com The Story of God www.youtube.com Creative Commons BY-NC-SA …
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17 Comments
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:28 am
@TruthSurge The psalms are borrowed from the Canaanites [almost word for word] and Egypttians.
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:19 am
Wow. Excellent.
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:57 am
I never imagined I’d learn so much from a 4 minute clip. She’s good, very good!
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:38 am
I sort of gave up after vid 3 where she said that Leviticus held all life sacred. That’s just rich. hahaha There is no humor in the Bible. Almost no light-hearted stuff except thank gawd they included the Psalms and song of solomon. Anyway, I just don’t know why she’d say such a blatant falsehood about Leviticus and Deuteronomy. God has his chosen people kill numerous neighbors. So much for all life being sacred. I won’t comment on further vids.
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:00 am
@TruthSurge
Gosh, you are right! A thing’s a phallic symbol if it’s longer than it’s wide (Melanie Safka).
Well, she is not quite so blunt about the realities — or unrealities, rather — of the OT, but she will get there if you listen between the lines.
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:00 am
2:15 Is she saying the penis diagram should be smaller? hahahha MUCH smaller? oh man… no way!
My understanding is that the OT contains huge amounts, copious amounts of exaggeration and some plain outright lies. There was no battle of Jericho as described. No humiliation of Nebuchadrezzar as in Daniel. No gigantic wealthy kingdom of Solomon. etc. Jealousy and pride gave fuel to the extreme exaggerations and rewriting of actual history. I’m gonna watch this when I get time.
July 2nd, 2010 at 11:34 am
@watergaia lol
July 2nd, 2010 at 12:26 pm
@watergaia
I guess that settles it! I ought to have embarked on a series about vulcanology ;^/
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
this video is wrong. yahweh was actually a volcano. thunderf00t said so.
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Interesting…
July 2nd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Actually, archeological finds indicate that there was NO military campaign. “Poetic license” lies behind the story of Joshua. These were stories invented to give the people of Israel a sense of historical connection to the land and their people. Historical accuracy and citing sources is a modern invention. The biblical world cared nothing for such niceties of accuracy.
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I agree — that might reduce some of the ridiculous religion-based divisions.
It’s a great lecture series — but it will take forever to illustrate.
I like that she is respectful of the book as a piece of literature, while being quite clear about it’s place as another Near Eastern myth.
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Great lecture.
All Christians, Jews, and even Muslims should listen to this.
I am amazed that in the 21 th century people still believe in mythology .
July 2nd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
great very great than we can all conclude now jashuvas military campaign was all fair n good …amazing just amazing
July 2nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
I got a little lost in that diagram, but I’m still at the beginning of my studies about the bible, so maybe it will become clearer as time progresses.
July 2nd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
@PhyllisSophical
Thanks, Phyllis. Just like you, I got partway and have not resumed because I got distracted.
Ha! I don’t think that there is much in the regular Bible that could be called “factual” ;^/
Still, it’s interesting to learn *about* the Bible. I put a link to an interesting diagram of the times at which different OT books were written. Amusingly, Daniel was written *after* the events it “prophesied”. No surprise there!
July 2nd, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for posting this, heterodoxism. I had actually started listening to these lectures a while ago, but life got in the way. You’ve given me the incentive to return to them. She’s a good lecturer and the course is very informative.
While dealing with life’s problems, I did buy The Jewish Study Bible that she recommends for her course and compared a few topics in that to my regular study bible. I find that the notes in the Jewish Bible are far more factual than in the regular bible.