Gad Barnea

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

that are mentioned anywhere in these thousands of documents that we have are named like that, and none of the men are named after these literary heroes from the Bible. So there's zero... simply zero knowledge of the Bible anywhere up until the beginning of the Hellenistic era.

that are mentioned anywhere in these thousands of documents that we have are named like that, and none of the men are named after these literary heroes from the Bible. So there's zero... simply zero knowledge of the Bible anywhere up until the beginning of the Hellenistic era.

that are mentioned anywhere in these thousands of documents that we have are named like that, and none of the men are named after these literary heroes from the Bible. So there's zero... simply zero knowledge of the Bible anywhere up until the beginning of the Hellenistic era.

So that's why for these reasons and others, it is certainly clear to me that these things are mythological, Abraham, all of these.

So that's why for these reasons and others, it is certainly clear to me that these things are mythological, Abraham, all of these.

So that's why for these reasons and others, it is certainly clear to me that these things are mythological, Abraham, all of these.

Well, not long. I mean, the fact that there is such a deafening silence before Alexandria, really. Whoa, bless you.

Well, not long. I mean, the fact that there is such a deafening silence before Alexandria, really. Whoa, bless you.

Well, not long. I mean, the fact that there is such a deafening silence before Alexandria, really. Whoa, bless you.

So the fact that there is this deafening silence before the turn of the third century, and I'll talk about Alexandria, I'll talk about my analysis of the historical background here. But the fact that there was this deafening silence is relatively new. Most scholars, unfortunately, are really looking, I think, too much into the biblical narrative rather than the historical narrative.

So the fact that there is this deafening silence before the turn of the third century, and I'll talk about Alexandria, I'll talk about my analysis of the historical background here. But the fact that there was this deafening silence is relatively new. Most scholars, unfortunately, are really looking, I think, too much into the biblical narrative rather than the historical narrative.

So the fact that there is this deafening silence before the turn of the third century, and I'll talk about Alexandria, I'll talk about my analysis of the historical background here. But the fact that there was this deafening silence is relatively new. Most scholars, unfortunately, are really looking, I think, too much into the biblical narrative rather than the historical narrative.

The primary narrative. And the biblical narrative has its raison d'etre.

The primary narrative. And the biblical narrative has its raison d'etre.

The primary narrative. And the biblical narrative has its raison d'etre.

about the problems of bias. In fact, we talked before we came on air, we actually talked about this Ostracon that I'm republishing that was read the wrong way for 116 years.

about the problems of bias. In fact, we talked before we came on air, we actually talked about this Ostracon that I'm republishing that was read the wrong way for 116 years.

about the problems of bias. In fact, we talked before we came on air, we actually talked about this Ostracon that I'm republishing that was read the wrong way for 116 years.

One of the reasons that it was read the wrong way was because of bias, because of this built-in bias. Another article of mine that just came out a few weeks ago in a book that I edited together with Professor Reinhard Kratz from Germany, from Göttingen. re-analyzes a document, a papyrus called the Passover papyrus.