Gad Barnea

Even not 400, about 300 Bs. let's say 320 to be, so the Hellenistic period around, you know, the conquest of Alexander the Great and forward. So about 320-ish and into the Roman world. The Roman world, we call it Greco-Roman, but it's really still kind of continuing a lot of these Hellenistic sensibilities that they had. And so for the Greek world and for the Greco-Roman world,

Even not 400, about 300 Bs. let's say 320 to be, so the Hellenistic period around, you know, the conquest of Alexander the Great and forward. So about 320-ish and into the Roman world. The Roman world, we call it Greco-Roman, but it's really still kind of continuing a lot of these Hellenistic sensibilities that they had. And so for the Greek world and for the Greco-Roman world,

Even not 400, about 300 Bs. let's say 320 to be, so the Hellenistic period around, you know, the conquest of Alexander the Great and forward. So about 320-ish and into the Roman world. The Roman world, we call it Greco-Roman, but it's really still kind of continuing a lot of these Hellenistic sensibilities that they had. And so for the Greek world and for the Greco-Roman world,

Creating the mythology, the founding mythology of your people, whether it's a polis in the Greek world or even Rome, was someone coming from the East, which for them is always the kind of the early, the old world, this mystical world that comes from the East and establishes their country. So several polis...

Creating the mythology, the founding mythology of your people, whether it's a polis in the Greek world or even Rome, was someone coming from the East, which for them is always the kind of the early, the old world, this mystical world that comes from the East and establishes their country. So several polis...

Creating the mythology, the founding mythology of your people, whether it's a polis in the Greek world or even Rome, was someone coming from the East, which for them is always the kind of the early, the old world, this mystical world that comes from the East and establishes their country. So several polis...

in Greece had these legends about this mythical founder coming from the east to establish them. And even Rome, at the height of its power, so under Augustus, or one of the heights of its power, under Augustus, Augustus commissioned

in Greece had these legends about this mythical founder coming from the east to establish them. And even Rome, at the height of its power, so under Augustus, or one of the heights of its power, under Augustus, Augustus commissioned

in Greece had these legends about this mythical founder coming from the east to establish them. And even Rome, at the height of its power, so under Augustus, or one of the heights of its power, under Augustus, Augustus commissioned

um virgil to write the aeneads uh so the story the mythological story of the founding of rome which is about the same size as the as the torah about the same yeah number of verses and words as the torah um so it's a lot it's a lengthy work um now he had it to write to write it in meter and rhyme which the torah the torah authors didn't have to deal with so it's much harder what he did is much harder

um virgil to write the aeneads uh so the story the mythological story of the founding of rome which is about the same size as the as the torah about the same yeah number of verses and words as the torah um so it's a lot it's a lengthy work um now he had it to write to write it in meter and rhyme which the torah the torah authors didn't have to deal with so it's much harder what he did is much harder

um virgil to write the aeneads uh so the story the mythological story of the founding of rome which is about the same size as the as the torah about the same yeah number of verses and words as the torah um so it's a lot it's a lengthy work um now he had it to write to write it in meter and rhyme which the torah the torah authors didn't have to deal with so it's much harder what he did is much harder

But he did that, and he also, it's called the Aeneid, because after Aeneas, who was this mythological hero from Homer, from the Trojan War, and so they built this entire idea of how he is coming from Troy, so from the East, to establish Rome. So this idea of someone coming from the East to establish Rome,

But he did that, and he also, it's called the Aeneid, because after Aeneas, who was this mythological hero from Homer, from the Trojan War, and so they built this entire idea of how he is coming from Troy, so from the East, to establish Rome. So this idea of someone coming from the East to establish Rome,

But he did that, and he also, it's called the Aeneid, because after Aeneas, who was this mythological hero from Homer, from the Trojan War, and so they built this entire idea of how he is coming from Troy, so from the East, to establish Rome. So this idea of someone coming from the East to establish Rome,

A new race or a new city or a new settlement is something that is deeply Hellenistic, and we see that here. So with the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, these founders –

A new race or a new city or a new settlement is something that is deeply Hellenistic, and we see that here. So with the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, these founders –

A new race or a new city or a new settlement is something that is deeply Hellenistic, and we see that here. So with the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, these founders –

coming from the east that is so uh in many ways so hellenistic in its um in its core interesting um and again we don't we simply have absolutely zero zero knowledge anywhere it's not it i mean these patriarchs i mean even and the names of the of the of the matriarchs either sarah rachel um leah etc are not are not found in the document record at all none of the women

coming from the east that is so uh in many ways so hellenistic in its um in its core interesting um and again we don't we simply have absolutely zero zero knowledge anywhere it's not it i mean these patriarchs i mean even and the names of the of the of the matriarchs either sarah rachel um leah etc are not are not found in the document record at all none of the women