Gad Barnea

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.

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.

Now, it has nothing to do with the Passover, but it was already analyzed as something related to the Passover because of the date range that is mentioned in this document. And so the day change, that's actually a perfect example.

Now, it has nothing to do with the Passover, but it was already analyzed as something related to the Passover because of the date range that is mentioned in this document. And so the day change, that's actually a perfect example.

Now, it has nothing to do with the Passover, but it was already analyzed as something related to the Passover because of the date range that is mentioned in this document. And so the day change, that's actually a perfect example.

In this document, which is very fragmentary, but we do see something related to the dates, the 15th and the 21st of Nisan, the month of Nisan, which is a Babylonian name, month name, but it is used in the Bible a lot. And that corresponds to the Passover. Those dates do correspond at least to the Feast of Matzot, part of the Passover feast.

In this document, which is very fragmentary, but we do see something related to the dates, the 15th and the 21st of Nisan, the month of Nisan, which is a Babylonian name, month name, but it is used in the Bible a lot. And that corresponds to the Passover. Those dates do correspond at least to the Feast of Matzot, part of the Passover feast.

In this document, which is very fragmentary, but we do see something related to the dates, the 15th and the 21st of Nisan, the month of Nisan, which is a Babylonian name, month name, but it is used in the Bible a lot. And that corresponds to the Passover. Those dates do correspond at least to the Feast of Matzot, part of the Passover feast.

So they saw these dates and like, oh, that's the Passover, right? But that's absolutely, that is not a critical approach to the text, right? Immediately you say, well, because I was raised in a Jewish or Christian background, therefore these dates are meaningful to me and they mean the Passover. But if you step, yeah, exactly. If you look at this critically,

So they saw these dates and like, oh, that's the Passover, right? But that's absolutely, that is not a critical approach to the text, right? Immediately you say, well, because I was raised in a Jewish or Christian background, therefore these dates are meaningful to me and they mean the Passover. But if you step, yeah, exactly. If you look at this critically,

So they saw these dates and like, oh, that's the Passover, right? But that's absolutely, that is not a critical approach to the text, right? Immediately you say, well, because I was raised in a Jewish or Christian background, therefore these dates are meaningful to me and they mean the Passover. But if you step, yeah, exactly. If you look at this critically,

you realize that this is simply the first full moon of the year, the 15th of Nisan. Nisan is the first month of the year both in Babylonian and in the Persian administration. So that's the first month of the year and the first full moon of the year, and most importantly, the beginning of the harvest. Now, in the ancient world, the harvest was the season that would dictate whether you live or die.

you realize that this is simply the first full moon of the year, the 15th of Nisan. Nisan is the first month of the year both in Babylonian and in the Persian administration. So that's the first month of the year and the first full moon of the year, and most importantly, the beginning of the harvest. Now, in the ancient world, the harvest was the season that would dictate whether you live or die.

you realize that this is simply the first full moon of the year, the 15th of Nisan. Nisan is the first month of the year both in Babylonian and in the Persian administration. So that's the first month of the year and the first full moon of the year, and most importantly, the beginning of the harvest. Now, in the ancient world, the harvest was the season that would dictate whether you live or die.

i mean if the deity if you're about to harvest everything that you worked on for months uh planting and and taking care of your of right you know and so you're about to harvest and if the if the deity is now going to um you know send hail down and destroy the crops or flooding or you know all kinds of storms you will die i mean your family will not be able to survive for the next year so this was an extremely

i mean if the deity if you're about to harvest everything that you worked on for months uh planting and and taking care of your of right you know and so you're about to harvest and if the if the deity is now going to um you know send hail down and destroy the crops or flooding or you know all kinds of storms you will die i mean your family will not be able to survive for the next year so this was an extremely

i mean if the deity if you're about to harvest everything that you worked on for months uh planting and and taking care of your of right you know and so you're about to harvest and if the if the deity is now going to um you know send hail down and destroy the crops or flooding or you know all kinds of storms you will die i mean your family will not be able to survive for the next year so this was an extremely

I mean, the month of Nisan, the beginning of the harvest, was an extremely important time for the entire northern hemisphere. I mean, this is the beginning of harvest. And so looking at those dates in the middle of the month of Nisan,

I mean, the month of Nisan, the beginning of the harvest, was an extremely important time for the entire northern hemisphere. I mean, this is the beginning of harvest. And so looking at those dates in the middle of the month of Nisan,

I mean, the month of Nisan, the beginning of the harvest, was an extremely important time for the entire northern hemisphere. I mean, this is the beginning of harvest. And so looking at those dates in the middle of the month of Nisan,