Gad Barnea

Again, it's important to point out, I'm not saying that everything in the Hebrew Bible was written in the Hellenistic period. Clearly there were texts that were much older as well, that were compiled, that were collected and then implemented and put together as part of this enterprise of putting together an authoritative source based on the same methodologies that were developed in Alexandria.

I'm not saying all of these texts were composed in the Hellenistic period. And of course, I also have an article about a portion of the book of Amos that I can date, not necessarily the text, but I can date the story.

I'm not saying all of these texts were composed in the Hellenistic period. And of course, I also have an article about a portion of the book of Amos that I can date, not necessarily the text, but I can date the story.

I'm not saying all of these texts were composed in the Hellenistic period. And of course, I also have an article about a portion of the book of Amos that I can date, not necessarily the text, but I can date the story.

uh there to the end of the uh eighth century beginning of the seventh century before the common era so these are this is a very old text and the reason i'm able to date it is because i can compare it very precisely to neo-assyrian inscriptions that were common at the time i'm so every time i have an extra biblical anchor i can i can use that in order to date

uh there to the end of the uh eighth century beginning of the seventh century before the common era so these are this is a very old text and the reason i'm able to date it is because i can compare it very precisely to neo-assyrian inscriptions that were common at the time i'm so every time i have an extra biblical anchor i can i can use that in order to date

uh there to the end of the uh eighth century beginning of the seventh century before the common era so these are this is a very old text and the reason i'm able to date it is because i can compare it very precisely to neo-assyrian inscriptions that were common at the time i'm so every time i have an extra biblical anchor i can i can use that in order to date

certain texts and even then you have to be very very careful and not assume certain things because even even if there are certain parallels between you know texts that are extra biblical and the biblical text doesn't mean that necessarily they were composed at the same time because you have access to that text for centuries later right right so we have to be very careful

certain texts and even then you have to be very very careful and not assume certain things because even even if there are certain parallels between you know texts that are extra biblical and the biblical text doesn't mean that necessarily they were composed at the same time because you have access to that text for centuries later right right so we have to be very careful

certain texts and even then you have to be very very careful and not assume certain things because even even if there are certain parallels between you know texts that are extra biblical and the biblical text doesn't mean that necessarily they were composed at the same time because you have access to that text for centuries later right right so we have to be very careful

In everything that we do in order to make sure that we are as objective as scientific as possible in coming to our conclusions. But in this, in the case of Amos, I also show in my article that there was only a very short window in which these idioms could have been fully understood.

In everything that we do in order to make sure that we are as objective as scientific as possible in coming to our conclusions. But in this, in the case of Amos, I also show in my article that there was only a very short window in which these idioms could have been fully understood.

In everything that we do in order to make sure that we are as objective as scientific as possible in coming to our conclusions. But in this, in the case of Amos, I also show in my article that there was only a very short window in which these idioms could have been fully understood.

and I show how they were later misunderstood, so I can narrow down the timeframe to roughly the first part of the 7th century before the Common Era for a small passage from the Book of Amos, because I have these parallels. What I'm trying to say is that clearly there were texts that made it into the Hebrew Bible that were much older, maybe 8th century, 7th century.

and I show how they were later misunderstood, so I can narrow down the timeframe to roughly the first part of the 7th century before the Common Era for a small passage from the Book of Amos, because I have these parallels. What I'm trying to say is that clearly there were texts that made it into the Hebrew Bible that were much older, maybe 8th century, 7th century.

and I show how they were later misunderstood, so I can narrow down the timeframe to roughly the first part of the 7th century before the Common Era for a small passage from the Book of Amos, because I have these parallels. What I'm trying to say is that clearly there were texts that made it into the Hebrew Bible that were much older, maybe 8th century, 7th century.

But there were people, Jewish people, that were inspired by what was going on in the Alexandrian library. They were not working under any kind of commission by the king to translate the Bible or anything like that. But they were inspired by what was happening in Alexandria, as others were. They were not the only ones. It inspired Egyptians. It inspired other people.

But there were people, Jewish people, that were inspired by what was going on in the Alexandrian library. They were not working under any kind of commission by the king to translate the Bible or anything like that. But they were inspired by what was happening in Alexandria, as others were. They were not the only ones. It inspired Egyptians. It inspired other people.

But there were people, Jewish people, that were inspired by what was going on in the Alexandrian library. They were not working under any kind of commission by the king to translate the Bible or anything like that. But they were inspired by what was happening in Alexandria, as others were. They were not the only ones. It inspired Egyptians. It inspired other people.

uh people uh in in the in the region and um and they said okay we're going to apply this approach there the the the greeks are applying this to their own corpus we're going to apply it to our corpus and so they were able to to get uh texts from various sources and apply these methodologies and compose new texts in many cases as well and to compose the glue between different texts