Gad Barnea

And he is a Yahwist. I mean, he is, for all intents and purposes, Jewish in that sense. I mean, proto-Jewish. Yahwism is not synonymous with Judaism, and I'm sure we'll get to that. But he is clearly a Yahwist. And that is fascinating.

And he is a Yahwist. I mean, he is, for all intents and purposes, Jewish in that sense. I mean, proto-Jewish. Yahwism is not synonymous with Judaism, and I'm sure we'll get to that. But he is clearly a Yahwist. And that is fascinating.

That's really all we know about him, and the only reason we know about him is that he rebelled against the Neo-Assyrians, and the Neo-Assyrians captured him and killed him in a very, very gruesome way. They describe it. But the only reason we know about him is because he rebelled. I'm sure there are many others that simply did not make it into the record.

That's really all we know about him, and the only reason we know about him is that he rebelled against the Neo-Assyrians, and the Neo-Assyrians captured him and killed him in a very, very gruesome way. They describe it. But the only reason we know about him is because he rebelled. I'm sure there are many others that simply did not make it into the record.

That's really all we know about him, and the only reason we know about him is that he rebelled against the Neo-Assyrians, and the Neo-Assyrians captured him and killed him in a very, very gruesome way. They describe it. But the only reason we know about him is because he rebelled. I'm sure there are many others that simply did not make it into the record.

But we do have proof that Yahwism existed outside of Judea, Samaria, or Israel, and is certainly recorded up north in modern-day Syria. And so, it looks like from the data that we have, the extra-biblical data, in the Bible there are other hints that I think are much later and not necessarily historically anchored. But from what we have from extra-biblical data, it looks like Yahwism

But we do have proof that Yahwism existed outside of Judea, Samaria, or Israel, and is certainly recorded up north in modern-day Syria. And so, it looks like from the data that we have, the extra-biblical data, in the Bible there are other hints that I think are much later and not necessarily historically anchored. But from what we have from extra-biblical data, it looks like Yahwism

But we do have proof that Yahwism existed outside of Judea, Samaria, or Israel, and is certainly recorded up north in modern-day Syria. And so, it looks like from the data that we have, the extra-biblical data, in the Bible there are other hints that I think are much later and not necessarily historically anchored. But from what we have from extra-biblical data, it looks like Yahwism

started in the Aramean areas, and so in the areas of modern-day Syria, were adopted by nomadic tribes in that area, and somehow at some point kind of migrated down to Canaan. from Syria, and so Yahwism became more popular in Syria, in Canaan. But we already have, as I mentioned, we already have Yahwism in Canaan already in the 9th century as well.

started in the Aramean areas, and so in the areas of modern-day Syria, were adopted by nomadic tribes in that area, and somehow at some point kind of migrated down to Canaan. from Syria, and so Yahwism became more popular in Syria, in Canaan. But we already have, as I mentioned, we already have Yahwism in Canaan already in the 9th century as well.

started in the Aramean areas, and so in the areas of modern-day Syria, were adopted by nomadic tribes in that area, and somehow at some point kind of migrated down to Canaan. from Syria, and so Yahwism became more popular in Syria, in Canaan. But we already have, as I mentioned, we already have Yahwism in Canaan already in the 9th century as well.

So the entire region already had the forms of Yahwism in it from, I'd say, at least around the 9th, 8th century before the Common Era.

So the entire region already had the forms of Yahwism in it from, I'd say, at least around the 9th, 8th century before the Common Era.

So the entire region already had the forms of Yahwism in it from, I'd say, at least around the 9th, 8th century before the Common Era.

That is the consensus and what I'm actually pushing back against. So you're right, Yahwism is seen as kind of proto-Judaism, and people usually argue that by the second century before the Common Era, Yahwism kind of disappears and we are left with Torah-based Judaism.

That is the consensus and what I'm actually pushing back against. So you're right, Yahwism is seen as kind of proto-Judaism, and people usually argue that by the second century before the Common Era, Yahwism kind of disappears and we are left with Torah-based Judaism.

That is the consensus and what I'm actually pushing back against. So you're right, Yahwism is seen as kind of proto-Judaism, and people usually argue that by the second century before the Common Era, Yahwism kind of disappears and we are left with Torah-based Judaism.

i don't use bc ad yeah everybody has different things every single bible scholar they have a different way of doing it and i'm always confused so that's why i try to like figure out what you mean up front right because for me it's just a b c a d yeah yeah yeah yeah and i understand i understand so uh yeah i just use these more objective right right objective terms um so so um about second uh second uh century before the common era we have uh

i don't use bc ad yeah everybody has different things every single bible scholar they have a different way of doing it and i'm always confused so that's why i try to like figure out what you mean up front right because for me it's just a b c a d yeah yeah yeah yeah and i understand i understand so uh yeah i just use these more objective right right objective terms um so so um about second uh second uh century before the common era we have uh

i don't use bc ad yeah everybody has different things every single bible scholar they have a different way of doing it and i'm always confused so that's why i try to like figure out what you mean up front right because for me it's just a b c a d yeah yeah yeah yeah and i understand i understand so uh yeah i just use these more objective right right objective terms um so so um about second uh second uh century before the common era we have uh