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This channel makes scholarship on religion, ancient history and mythology easily accessible.
No dogma, just the scholarship. PhD pending.
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No dogma, just the scholarship. PhD pending.
Disclaimer: as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on affiliate links.
$7,000,000 Theft from Oxford University
An Oxford Professor has been accused of selling over $7,000,000 of stolen ancient artifacts to the arts and crafts giant Hobby Lobby. The professor, Dirk Obbink claims he is being framed. Join me as I walk through this wild story of a theft of Biblical proportions.
Special thanks to @DrKippDavis for sharing his perspectives.
Special thanks to those who made this video possible:
Mac (@mustachemac5229)
Shayne Torres
Paul Davidson (@InquisitiveBible)
Jonathan Bartley
Kean
Jesse
Andrew
I relied on many sources to piece this together, all of them are worth a read:
Colin Moynihan (2021), “He Taught Ancient Texts at Oxford.” NY Times www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/arts/design/hobby-lobby-lawsuit-dirk-obbink.html
Charlotte Higgins (2020), “A scandal in Oxford.” The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/09/a-scandal-in-oxford-the-curious-case-of-the-stolen-gospel
Ariel Sabar, (2020), “A Biblical Mystery at Oxford.” The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/museum-of-the-bible-obbink-gospel-of-mark/610576/
Brent Nongbri, Variant Readings, brentnongbri.com/category/antiquities-dealers-and-collectors/dirk-obbink/
Various authors, evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/search/label/Dirk%20Obbink
Roberta Mazza, (2024) “Stolen Fragments” amzn.to/3Udq9xj
Joel Baden and Candida Moss (2017), “Bible Nation” amzn.to/4f84P4n
Join the Patreon:
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Special thanks to @DrKippDavis for sharing his perspectives.
Special thanks to those who made this video possible:
Mac (@mustachemac5229)
Shayne Torres
Paul Davidson (@InquisitiveBible)
Jonathan Bartley
Kean
Jesse
Andrew
I relied on many sources to piece this together, all of them are worth a read:
Colin Moynihan (2021), “He Taught Ancient Texts at Oxford.” NY Times www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/arts/design/hobby-lobby-lawsuit-dirk-obbink.html
Charlotte Higgins (2020), “A scandal in Oxford.” The Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2020/jan/09/a-scandal-in-oxford-the-curious-case-of-the-stolen-gospel
Ariel Sabar, (2020), “A Biblical Mystery at Oxford.” The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/museum-of-the-bible-obbink-gospel-of-mark/610576/
Brent Nongbri, Variant Readings, brentnongbri.com/category/antiquities-dealers-and-collectors/dirk-obbink/
Various authors, evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/search/label/Dirk%20Obbink
Roberta Mazza, (2024) “Stolen Fragments” amzn.to/3Udq9xj
Joel Baden and Candida Moss (2017), “Bible Nation” amzn.to/4f84P4n
Join the Patreon:
www.patreon.com/tabletsandtemples
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May I point out that the Septuagint version of the OT, transcribed a thousand years before the Masoretic text, says the concubine was “angry” with the Levite man and thus left him. Rather than that she was an adulteress. Given the Levite’s description and actions throughout these couple chapters, it would seem that the Levite could have been highly abusive toward the concubine, which could have made her hurt and angry enough to leave for her father’s house.
I’m pretty sure that Ananias and Sapphira are meant to be mirrors of Aaron’s son’s deaths. Death by holiness inside the temple
Say Babil
The proof of the validity of the verses is that if women did not have the vote, Americans would not have been stuck with politically correct destructive, pandering scumbags like the evil Clintons, the pagan communist Hussein Obama, and the most corrupt president in American history, not to mention child molester, pathological lying Joe Biden.
the bible is quite sick.
It was a fire fox which talked to Eve.
When it is said that "BCE and CE/VE are used to be more inclusive." It begs the question 'more inclusive to who?' Certainly not inclusive to Christians. It actually excludes Christians and therefore Christianity because when people use it they take away the foundational and historical dating system that marks our country, the UK, America and other countries that were once upon a time 'Christian countries'. People have used 'BC' and 'AD' commonly for centuries. Why change something that has worked for billions of people for so long?! Unless people don't actually want to be reminded of the one who came to seek and saved the lost, the sinner. The one who needs Christ more than anything is the one who rejects Him because He makes the one with a comfortable life in his sin feel uncomfortable! He is blinded to His need of Christ Jesus and he will never see his need of Him until he acknowledges his own sin. It is all too convenient for the atheist or non Christian to remove the use of 'BC' and 'AD' from our calendar, from school teaching systems, work places and registers etc. It is no wonder children are more confused about who they are than ever before, no wonder that men more than women on average are feeling like they do not have much of a place in society more than ever, no wonder that children are growing up to be more disobedient to their parents and less respectful as a whole, society as a whole has gone down hill compared to what it used to be and no wonder. It will continue to do so all the more in countries that utterly reject Jesus Christ! I will always use 'BC' and 'AD' till I die and I will pass that on to other children I know as I'm sure every true Christian will. God will not have His name blotted out of all existence no matter how hard sinful mankind tries to blot it out! We will all one day stand before Him and give an account of what we have done with His commandments, with the knowledge that creation declares His glory and that He, Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Repent and believe/trust in Him for salvation from the wrath of God upon sinful mankind! 🙏🏻
I don't believe there was some grand conspiracy the Israelite authors to create stories to make Judah more important than joseph as these so called "scholars" claim. Those are some presumptuous claims that tainted with bias.
4 or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; 5 when he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed, 6 he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin. (Leviticus 5:4-6, ESV)
It's all made up anyway. So, why not read something more entertaining?
borrowing = stealing
This was perfect, thank you!
Thanks!
Looks like the IDF bombed Sodom.
I’m sure many would speculate it’s Israelite .most likely even the first inscription of yhwh also isn’t talking about the Israelite .
Blá blá blá. A própria referencia q ele citou refuta sua tese: 1 E ele mostrou-me o sumo sacerdote Josué, o qual estava diante do anjo do SENHOR, e Satanás estava à sua mão direita, para se lhe opor. 2 Mas o Senhor disse a Satanás: O Senhor te repreenda, ó Satanás, sim, o Senhor, que escolheu Jerusalém, te repreenda; não é este um tição tirado do fogo? Tá dizendo pra repreender Satanás ou pra repreender um servo de Deus como dito no vídeo? Que teoria bizarra. Independente da tradução o contexto já mostra que era o Diabo, só de dizer "O Senhor te repreenda" já dá pra ver q n era um anjo.
I guess people forget Jesus died for our sins. He washed us clean by believing in him. My faith is what God will see not my sin. Homosexual, Thief, Murderer, Worrying, Adultery no sin is greater than the other. Let’s be a blessing to each other and leave the judgement to God.
Lucifier is possessed by Evil. Evil makes itself known n God calls it Devil. Lucifier is now Satan, the great Red Dragon. After woman (Eve) is about to give birth to Son of Man. This is before they ate the fruit. Satan can hide as Angel of light in front of the Sons of God but God sees his true form. The serpent is the True form (Devil) but its hiding in one of the 4 beast of night vision Daniel had. (HINT) As in the Beast from the field that is subtle. After they sin God says they have Knowledge. Proverbs says the 1st rule of Knowledge is Fear then knowing Evil. Prv 1: 7, Prv Thats thwy ran hid, fearing God now. Then comes understanding
Came over from Useful Charts. Your videos are so high quality, I'm hoping to see the channel grow, keep it up!
Thank you so much! Welcome. More videos coming this year!
Given, the others having written it early, does it mean they're the ones that is right?? Moses might wrote it late but the event happened long before.. before this myth stories were written like Gilgamesh because it has been told to them that once a the earth was totally flooded and they made a story about it. On the other hand, God guided Moses to write what really happened .
you got this very wrong.. Moses wrote the Genesis way way before the Babylonian captivity.. In the case of Daniel that was written early, what are your proofs?? you just said "it has been said". what you'r doing here is damgerous, you might misguide many with your own take. The people who are reliable to discuss these must be Archeologist or Historians.. Watch "Expedition Bible" and see how true the Bible is from an Archeologist
The oldest Sumerian versions of the flood story date to as early as ~2100 BCE. Those who argue for a historical Moses place him in 1300 BCE at the earliest, so 800 years later. All the academic sources are listed in the description.
You are a False Christian and False teacher who is manipulating Bible and denying that God sent an evil spirit on Saul to punish Saul. It seems that an Evil spirit is working in your life to help you manipulate Bible teachings.
Props for the Trogdor reference!
Forgive us our debts.
2:00 there was no typo. You're reading 2nd Samuel Chapter 21 incorrectly. Elhanan slew Goliath's BROTHER not Goliath himself. Forest of weavers slew the brother of the weavers beam wielding giant, not a typo not a secret meaning either. Just a historical account of what we call God's word. Facts.
Thank you for your thoughts! We cannot say that the city did not have even one righteous. I used to believe that Lot did not do anything to influence evil around him. I look at it differently now. I think you might need to consider the words of Peter in 2 Peter 2 "7 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)-…"
She had two more children who didn't make it out of the city.
Some surface similarities are not evidence of one being copied from another.
Ive read somewhere once the world flooded not once, written in egyptian tombs which are concealed to the public.The spynx erosion indicate there was a flood indeed. There was a history we did'nt know...So
John the Baptist was 6 months older than his cousin Jesus Christ... The nearest truth of Birthdate of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , between last week of September and first week of October. John the Baptist was 6 months older than his cousin Jesus Christ... The nearest truth of Birthdate of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , between last week of September and first week of October. John the Baptist was 6 months older than his cousin Jesus Christ... The nearest truth of Birthdate of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , between last week of September and first week of October.
So sleeping with a prostitute is ok with God in those days..?
What I learned from this story is not about God can be unusually cruel at times, but how many Ananiases or Achans in this world got off way too light and it already spiraled out of control. Lying in front of judges or apostles is the primary method for corruption and stifling people out of generational wealth today. It spiraled into countries generations worth of financial problem and money wasted on luxury instead of atonable sins. It started with jewelry, cars, and eventually land monopolies to begin the cycle again. The lack of method to administer proportional judgement enforcement in the future makes it that God being exceptionally harsh for this specific lesson.
10:10 "The people who run the "algorithm" told me they'd defund and downrank me if I admitted what's patently clear"
Disgusting abrahamic religions
We have to right to believe what we want. One day we will have the answers. There will always be doubts. period. I TRUST IN THE FATHER. THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.
Still today they have no King, or at least they refuse to acknowledge him.
May God have mercy on you and bring you into His kingdom. Turn from your sins and accepted Jesus as Lord before it's too late
Hmmm.. every gospel containing timeline information about the subject is wrong - - but you're not. Can't take this seriously.
This story was very disturbing. I had to come on TH-cam for clarity. You did a great job
this sure doesn't account for the fact that that Mathew Mark Luke and John may have not even existed and they were names assigned during the council of Nicaea in 325. Its pretty foolish to assign truth or false to anything from that period. and whether you make the assertion that Jesus existed is certainly only conjecture, that you use to support your allegations. Usefull charts is a joke right it makes a picture of information that is basicly fiction and is proof that you can make bitchen charts that are full of crap.
1) God is AGAINST child sacrifice. And how do we know this? Because He has explicitly expressed this. >> Abraham and Isaac >> The laws delivered by Moses from the mountain. All these instances happened before the book of Judges so the Israelites of that period would know this. 2) What is a burnt offering? A way to atone for sin. What sin? Well in those days, quite a number. But in Jephthah's case, he is the product of adultery. His mom was a harlot so aside from the general sin of Israel, he is already living under a curse for the sins committed by his parents. When presenting an offering, the offering should be without blemish, hence the indication that she is a virgin. It is also said she is his only child symbolising she is also his first born child, therefore, God's portion. 3) It says she wept because she would never marry, not that she was going into a furnace which is what any sane person would cry about. Therefore, she was not going to be sacrificed in the literal sense. But her life was to be dedicated to the Lord to atone for the shame of Jephthah's household and by and large Israel. 4) The maidens would commemorate the sacrifice made by Jephthah's daughter not because she jumped into the fire. But because she gave up her personal happiness to help restore the honour of the Gileads.
He spoke to her & there was no answer. From my understanding she died. Guess he was hoping she’d just be humbled but his rash decision to punish her left him with nothing. Had she been alive he would have had her with him to take her home, which was his intention. His anger left him with nothing though and he was pretty mad that his property was dead. Imagine how life can be with no accountability and no laws set in place?
And those bastards are in the genealogy of your god jesus as per insect comited by judah the patriach the father of jews? Any explanation for this
God is merciful to all because we are Sinners, Hell deserving sinners! He calls us all to REPENT and turn to Jesus the Lord without whom there is no Salvation!