"Origins of the Bible" - William Propp

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ม.ค. 2015
  • William Propp, then Associate Professor of Ancient and Judaic Studies at the University of California, San Diego, delivers a rousing account of the historical origins of the Hebrew Bible. For more information on this Colloquium, visit www.iishj.org/colloquium-97.html.

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  • @RaidenWard
    @RaidenWard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Came for the lecture. Stayed for the show.
    10/10

  • @akr01364
    @akr01364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    God, why can't more profs be like this guy? Imagine it? Being able to enjoy your study through laughter.

    • @thj9760
      @thj9760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two years have past... did God answer your question yet?

    • @theselector4733
      @theselector4733 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thj9760No, b'cos I only just read his question.

    • @sgitell
      @sgitell หลายเดือนก่อน

      Propp is brilliant! Why isn't there more from him out there?

  • @karolw.5208
    @karolw.5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a mind this man has, and what knowledge! His lecture is effortless.

  • @annascott3542
    @annascott3542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    William Propp is a treasure :)

  • @jimpalmer2981
    @jimpalmer2981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Boy, if I've heard a better lecture by a smarter guy, I sure can't remember it. This was a joy. I'm now a huge fan of Dr. Propp.

  • @user-fl4nw3ub7b
    @user-fl4nw3ub7b 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This guy has humor and knowledge. Beste combination.

  • @ergbudster3333
    @ergbudster3333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prof Propp is a very amusing lecturer. A fascinating talk, full of interesting details.

  • @kisdejawatchers8443
    @kisdejawatchers8443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    considering Moses was Egyptian and needed his brother to translate for him it is amazing he wrote five books in Aramaic, a miracle lol

    • @cyansloth1763
      @cyansloth1763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought the first of those texts were written in proto semetic?

    • @BibliayFe
      @BibliayFe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paleo hebrew

    • @Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew
      @Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You guys still buying the Moses Exodus story 👌 and the burning Bush

  • @montyheath801
    @montyheath801 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fascinating speaker. One of the very best in terms of content and delivery.

    • @petertechnician8545
      @petertechnician8545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hard to focus on the content. Too much rocking. Can't he stand still? And too much asides

    • @sgitell
      @sgitell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The guy is terrific!

  • @chadbrockman4791
    @chadbrockman4791 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is fascinating. He's really clever, too.

  • @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164
    @oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Good crowd, this guy is naturally funny, if he gets tired of teaching he could do stand up.

    • @johnbecay6887
      @johnbecay6887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Old Man from Scene Twenty Four i like your screen name.

  • @MECX3490
    @MECX3490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is great information...I have never heard any of this...

  • @teaburg
    @teaburg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Highly recommend this talk!

  • @epiphanydrums5427
    @epiphanydrums5427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Compelling observations, possibly the protection of fundamentalist fog is clearing around the historical origins of these writings is similar to what’s happening around a newer use if these same writings. Only one more big one to go.

    • @gabitamiravideos
      @gabitamiravideos ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, many of his observations about the P and E strands or authors in the first four books of the Pentateuch and the attribution of the fifth to a completely different origin are not new. But yes, the exposition is compelling.
      It certainly leaves no room for secret codes or gemsatria, not to mention the idea of supernatural origins or inerrancy.

  • @gda295
    @gda295 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good timing

  • @gzpo
    @gzpo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good one. Propps!

  • @spsmith1965
    @spsmith1965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just found this video. This guy is the Jewish and funnier version of Bart Ehrman. I like it.

    • @rursus8354
      @rursus8354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bart Ehrman is a jerk. This guy is funny, Ehrman is not.

  • @francismbalanga8188
    @francismbalanga8188 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am happy for good information for bible is from people!

  • @thestudyofchristianity
    @thestudyofchristianity 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    16:47
    Interesting Discussion of the validity of the LXX

  • @0397rb
    @0397rb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love it

  • @watermelonlalala
    @watermelonlalala 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'd like to see this guy in a conversation with Russell Grimirkin. Grimirkin says the Jews got all their stories from the Alexandrian library (Greek period) and then backdated the book.

    • @abhbible
      @abhbible 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's virtually impossible. There are no references to Greek culture or Greek loan words in the canonical Hebrew Bible. There is a clear development of the Hebrew language over the course of the canonical texts, and clear incongruities between different ideological schools of thought, that would be impossible to fake if all the books were written within a singular cultural context. There are intratextual citations and complex layers of redaction that would only exist if the text was a product of centuries of accretion and editing.

    • @cyansloth1763
      @cyansloth1763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They have a lot of tradition from ancient Egypt and their gods are of canaanite origins (el king of the gods and husband of asherah and yawei was one of his sons)

    • @maddyg2320
      @maddyg2320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Russell is 100% correct.

    • @WHG369
      @WHG369 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That library is an egytptian library. You know like taking someone's home land and naming it something else like Egypt. He didn't put the library together. Just renamed it

    • @johnbecay6887
      @johnbecay6887 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abhbible thank you for your logical scholarly answer.

  • @keithlightizer156
    @keithlightizer156 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came here hoping to learn, I sure I’ll still be smiling a few days from now... what an awesome lecture

  • @booklover3959
    @booklover3959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Funny Dude....and no slouch as a scholar

  • @siriusart2299
    @siriusart2299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great speaker. Funny. But this video left me further in the dark as to my real internal question which is about not only the validity of what the Bible contains but also as to whether I should even put any faith in any type of "messiah". For now, I shall continue to commune with the Spirit I find in nature. I want to believe in more...but what more can there be outside of what made everything, which is in everything?

    • @p.bamygdala2139
      @p.bamygdala2139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Continue asking questions.
      Continue learning.
      Do not fear any knowledge.
      Continue being curious about everything.
      Study philosophy, logic, critical reasoning.
      Learn about psychology and neuroscience.
      Learn about decision-making.
      Learn about cognitive bias.
      Enjoy the journey of learning!

    • @bobbobroski4253
      @bobbobroski4253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How can you be assured you are seeking the truth and not your own (potentially) selfish desires?

    • @soundjudgement3586
      @soundjudgement3586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your comment appears well spoken. When mankind puts their confidence in scholars ( some have well intent but lack real FAITH ) the result is their reliance on scholar jargon against their total reliance on Faith in God. God inspired vs. scholar design. There should be no argument regarding who wrote the Torah or any books of the bible. God is divine.
      Numbers 23:19
      God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
      God always used inspired men to speak, write, to interpret and the like.
      Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

    • @theautoman22
      @theautoman22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Bible is a collection of stories many taken from Mesopotamia and then changed a bit which was common back then. Flood story. Creation of Adam, Cain and Abel’s sacrificing food to god and many others are from older stories. Writings from proverbs found in Egypt that are older. I could go one but you get the point. Do your research and you’ll find the real truth.

    • @NA-oc7eq
      @NA-oc7eq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@soundjudgement3586 it wasn't written by God tho, lol what's your point?

  • @cyansloth1763
    @cyansloth1763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn i want all these versions!

  • @joh1109
    @joh1109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So its origin is not from God ? It's from men ? Who would have thought

  • @theautoman22
    @theautoman22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did this guys say the original Old Testament was actually written in Aramaic?

    • @karolpalion2883
      @karolpalion2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No

    • @decimalexercise7154
      @decimalexercise7154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What exactly is surprising to you? Aramaic is the oldest continuously spoken and written language in the Middle East, even older than written Hebrew and Arabic.

    • @QuestionThingsUseLogic
      @QuestionThingsUseLogic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hebrew is a later language. Scripture was written in Yahudyath, which is Phoenician.

    • @jimpalmer2981
      @jimpalmer2981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. He said it's written in Hebrew using the Aramaic script.

    • @gabitamiravideos
      @gabitamiravideos ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimpalmer2981 Indeed. Although some of the books of what is known the Old Testament among Christians and Tanach by Judaism were originally written in the Aramaic language, (for example, Ecclesiastes / Koehler), the ones he was referring to were redacted/compiled I n ancient Hebrew, using the ancient Hebrew script, that was later swapped for the Aramaic script that we know today. The Samaritans, though, kept the old script.

  • @kaoseast1
    @kaoseast1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    why was it written

  • @shmanuyah_2024watch
    @shmanuyah_2024watch ปีที่แล้ว

    A "lecture of conjecture" no doubt

  • @Thewatchman303
    @Thewatchman303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great talk. Very informative. All ‘Christians’ should watch this. Amazing knowledge . Weird though how this chap uses the name Yahweh? I have never heard a Jewish non-Christian teacher call God almighty Yahweh. Anyone know this fine chaps background?

  • @DBCisco
    @DBCisco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Torah created circa 500BC. The rest not canonized until circa 200 AD. Why lie about traditions ?

    • @Psychiatrick
      @Psychiatrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      First Bible is the Hebrew bible of about -525 ... It is "Cana'anized" NOT Canonized!

  • @drhyshek
    @drhyshek ปีที่แล้ว

    The place could use some better lighting on the poor guy.

  • @johnsimca7093
    @johnsimca7093 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy is funny

  • @vgrof2315
    @vgrof2315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done. Sad that there has to be so much speculation which leads to great misinterpretations of religious history. Which leads to dragging out, endlessly, the influence of religion in the modern world. Better we all simply get over religion and move on to a scientific understanding of our place in the Universe. Enough, already!

  • @dod-do-or-dont
    @dod-do-or-dont ปีที่แล้ว

    We know soemthings more now about how this myth, fairy tale come to being

  • @jackandkerichen
    @jackandkerichen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the book of Daniel was mentioned in the Talmud before the 2nd century.

    • @dhr10024
      @dhr10024 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said it was written in the second century BCE

    • @Thoth_al_Khem
      @Thoth_al_Khem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Talmud is 4th Century.....GEEEZ.....The older compilation is called the Jerusalem Talmud or the Talmud Yerushalmi. It was compiled in the 4th century in Galilee. The Babylonian Talmud was compiled about the year 500.

    • @uncannyvalley2350
      @uncannyvalley2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      1st Talmud dates 3-4th century

    • @sicdavid6292
      @sicdavid6292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The "Book of the Dead" has the 10 commandments and the story of Horus. Horus has dozens of parallels with Moses and 118 with Jesus. The "Book of the Dead" compiled from positive and negative testaments written thousands years before the Torah. The Bible isn't a record of history. It is plagiarized from several pagan mythologies.

    • @miriamgonczarska613
      @miriamgonczarska613 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was no Talmud before 2nd century only Mishmah. Talmud was still an oral tradition at this point.

  • @akbarralston9714
    @akbarralston9714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The striving for a Empire's Orthodoxy destroyed most of the different opinions on the Scrolls of the Egyptian priest now labeled as early Christians the monophisites against the Arians the diophysites against the monophysites the miaphysites against the chalcedonians. The apollinarians minichins Almost every emperor had problems with the establishment of an orthodoxies that didn't fit with their policies....

  • @scottlouissmith2382
    @scottlouissmith2382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There all written by man! All holy books are! God didn't write anything. Period!

  • @celinesleiman6001
    @celinesleiman6001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    of course not the god who wrote the bible. human who wrote it. lot's of contradiction so how come a god write it?

    • @unhingedconnoisseur164
      @unhingedconnoisseur164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wallahi can you guys just let us enjoy our lecture without preaching to us please? being overly preachy about atheism is still being overly preachy all the same! you’re being no different so some random jehovah’s witness rn.

  • @elijahcaballero9511
    @elijahcaballero9511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't get have the jokes lol

    • @Aurealeus
      @Aurealeus ปีที่แล้ว

      @@faithfultheology that's because you're taking what he's saying from a religious point of view.
      These are agnostic, humanist/ secular Jews. They are laughing because, like atheists, they understand the absurdities written in the bible and find it humorous what some people believe.

  • @akbarralston9714
    @akbarralston9714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Diodorus Erasmus wrote the Bible for the latin west ...

  • @richardlynch1094
    @richardlynch1094 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Jewish blasphemer is HILARIOUS! :)

  • @nick3720
    @nick3720 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The laughter is so distracting. They laugh at almost anything.