Gad Barnea

but but when you're dealing with a first occurrence of something you need to be extra vigilant and this is according to many scholars this would have been the first occurrence of the passover um as a as a festival but then you need to step back and say well is is what is what we are looking at really the passover okay and and my answer is no um for a lot of reasons that i talk about in this article

And actually, I connected to Zoroastrian, to the Zoroastrian cult. And again, I use cult not pejoratively, but I use this as a synonym for religion. But I connected to the Achaemenid version, so really early Zoroastrianism, and I explain why in that article. So in that context,

And actually, I connected to Zoroastrian, to the Zoroastrian cult. And again, I use cult not pejoratively, but I use this as a synonym for religion. But I connected to the Achaemenid version, so really early Zoroastrianism, and I explain why in that article. So in that context,

And actually, I connected to Zoroastrian, to the Zoroastrian cult. And again, I use cult not pejoratively, but I use this as a synonym for religion. But I connected to the Achaemenid version, so really early Zoroastrianism, and I explain why in that article. So in that context,

analysis connecting it to a cabinet zoroastrianism is based on a lot of data um or you know on significant data whether it is whereas there is nothing to connect this at that stage to the biblical passover okay so when you compare the two uh it's it the chances are much stronger that it is connected to a zoroastrian or zoroastrian related uh observance than it is to the uh to the biblical passover

analysis connecting it to a cabinet zoroastrianism is based on a lot of data um or you know on significant data whether it is whereas there is nothing to connect this at that stage to the biblical passover okay so when you compare the two uh it's it the chances are much stronger that it is connected to a zoroastrian or zoroastrian related uh observance than it is to the uh to the biblical passover

analysis connecting it to a cabinet zoroastrianism is based on a lot of data um or you know on significant data whether it is whereas there is nothing to connect this at that stage to the biblical passover okay so when you compare the two uh it's it the chances are much stronger that it is connected to a zoroastrian or zoroastrian related uh observance than it is to the uh to the biblical passover

I mean, I've had people disagree, of course, which is normal. Nothing really too aggressive against this, but I did have people disagree with this. But without a lot of, I mean, just people just saying, well, I don't buy this. Without explanation, without saying, well, these are the reasons why, you know.

I mean, I've had people disagree, of course, which is normal. Nothing really too aggressive against this, but I did have people disagree with this. But without a lot of, I mean, just people just saying, well, I don't buy this. Without explanation, without saying, well, these are the reasons why, you know.

I mean, I've had people disagree, of course, which is normal. Nothing really too aggressive against this, but I did have people disagree with this. But without a lot of, I mean, just people just saying, well, I don't buy this. Without explanation, without saying, well, these are the reasons why, you know.

I would expect people to, and I'm fine, of course, I mean, science always progresses through people seeing things differently and disagreeing, and we all progress together. But when people just say, I disagree without explaining it, you know, just I disagree because I disagree, that's not a good approach. And I've had a lot of that. I mean, not a lot, but I had some of that.

I would expect people to, and I'm fine, of course, I mean, science always progresses through people seeing things differently and disagreeing, and we all progress together. But when people just say, I disagree without explaining it, you know, just I disagree because I disagree, that's not a good approach. And I've had a lot of that. I mean, not a lot, but I had some of that.

I would expect people to, and I'm fine, of course, I mean, science always progresses through people seeing things differently and disagreeing, and we all progress together. But when people just say, I disagree without explaining it, you know, just I disagree because I disagree, that's not a good approach. And I've had a lot of that. I mean, not a lot, but I had some of that.

The thing is, in the article I really try, and in my different lectures about this in different places, I start by showing just how wide the Zoroastrian impact on the Elephantine Yahwista community was, independently of this particular document. And then I zero in on this document after the reader already understand that this is not the only place where you find Zoroastrian influence, right?

The thing is, in the article I really try, and in my different lectures about this in different places, I start by showing just how wide the Zoroastrian impact on the Elephantine Yahwista community was, independently of this particular document. And then I zero in on this document after the reader already understand that this is not the only place where you find Zoroastrian influence, right?

The thing is, in the article I really try, and in my different lectures about this in different places, I start by showing just how wide the Zoroastrian impact on the Elephantine Yahwista community was, independently of this particular document. And then I zero in on this document after the reader already understand that this is not the only place where you find Zoroastrian influence, right?

So there is a much wider context and then we zero in on this particular document. And it's really important to go that way in order to understand that this is not just a singular event. The influence of Achaemenid Zoroastrianism was deep and very intimate. to the people at Elephantine, and I think to the Yahwists or early Jews in general.

So there is a much wider context and then we zero in on this particular document. And it's really important to go that way in order to understand that this is not just a singular event. The influence of Achaemenid Zoroastrianism was deep and very intimate. to the people at Elephantine, and I think to the Yahwists or early Jews in general.

So there is a much wider context and then we zero in on this particular document. And it's really important to go that way in order to understand that this is not just a singular event. The influence of Achaemenid Zoroastrianism was deep and very intimate. to the people at Elephantine, and I think to the Yahwists or early Jews in general.

Yeah, I mean, there was no, you're right. I mean, it was different. It wasn't exactly like this. It wasn't like picking and choosing, but it was also not exclusive. So in the beginning, in the early period at Elephantine, the Ouestic community, we do find documents like where people bless each other by the name of Yao and Canu, who is the local Egyptian god. So, I bless you by both deities.