Wesley Huff

So that one is fascinating. So this isn't true for all of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But when we discovered the Great Isaiah Scroll, previous to that, the earliest copy of Isaiah that we had was in the Masoretic text, which is in the Middle Ages.

So that one is fascinating. So this isn't true for all of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But when we discovered the Great Isaiah Scroll, previous to that, the earliest copy of Isaiah that we had was in the Masoretic text, which is in the Middle Ages.

So that one is fascinating. So this isn't true for all of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But when we discovered the Great Isaiah Scroll, previous to that, the earliest copy of Isaiah that we had was in the Masoretic text, which is in the Middle Ages.

Yeah. So it was literally a thousand years. We literally pushed back our understanding of Isaiah a thousand years. And the thing that really shocked scholars, like I said, this isn't true for all the Dead Sea Scrolls, but one of the things that shocked them about Isaiah was that it was word for word identical to the Masoretic text.

Yeah. So it was literally a thousand years. We literally pushed back our understanding of Isaiah a thousand years. And the thing that really shocked scholars, like I said, this isn't true for all the Dead Sea Scrolls, but one of the things that shocked them about Isaiah was that it was word for word identical to the Masoretic text.

Yeah. So it was literally a thousand years. We literally pushed back our understanding of Isaiah a thousand years. And the thing that really shocked scholars, like I said, this isn't true for all the Dead Sea Scrolls, but one of the things that shocked them about Isaiah was that it was word for word identical to the Masoretic text.

Word for word. Wow. Yeah. So this is the Great Isaiah Scroll. So if you go to Israel and you go... Is that papyrus? Yes. No, I think that one is vellum. What is vellum? So I should be more specific. So parchment is animal skin. Vellum can be used synonymously with the term parchment. Technically, parchment is... like baby animal skin, like calves or lambs. But this is the great Isaiah scroll.

Word for word. Wow. Yeah. So this is the Great Isaiah Scroll. So if you go to Israel and you go... Is that papyrus? Yes. No, I think that one is vellum. What is vellum? So I should be more specific. So parchment is animal skin. Vellum can be used synonymously with the term parchment. Technically, parchment is... like baby animal skin, like calves or lambs. But this is the great Isaiah scroll.

Word for word. Wow. Yeah. So this is the Great Isaiah Scroll. So if you go to Israel and you go... Is that papyrus? Yes. No, I think that one is vellum. What is vellum? So I should be more specific. So parchment is animal skin. Vellum can be used synonymously with the term parchment. Technically, parchment is... like baby animal skin, like calves or lambs. But this is the great Isaiah scroll.

And you can see like they stitch together the parchment because it's so long.

And you can see like they stitch together the parchment because it's so long.

And you can see like they stitch together the parchment because it's so long.

Oh, cuneiform is wild. Weird. It's really, really tricky. And that's the thing when, like, if you're studying ancient languages and you start to study Greek, like, the Greek alphabet is similar enough that you're like, okay, alpha. Yeah. Looks like an A, right? Delta looks like a D. So you can figure it out. And so it tricks you because you start off and you're like, oh, this is phobias, fear.

Oh, cuneiform is wild. Weird. It's really, really tricky. And that's the thing when, like, if you're studying ancient languages and you start to study Greek, like, the Greek alphabet is similar enough that you're like, okay, alpha. Yeah. Looks like an A, right? Delta looks like a D. So you can figure it out. And so it tricks you because you start off and you're like, oh, this is phobias, fear.

Oh, cuneiform is wild. Weird. It's really, really tricky. And that's the thing when, like, if you're studying ancient languages and you start to study Greek, like, the Greek alphabet is similar enough that you're like, okay, alpha. Yeah. Looks like an A, right? Delta looks like a D. So you can figure it out. And so it tricks you because you start off and you're like, oh, this is phobias, fear.

I know what a phobia is. And you get this false sense of encouragement. And then the further you go down the rabbit hole, you're like, oh, I'm screwed. But Hebrew is completely the opposite because the writing system is so different. The learning curve is hard at the beginning. And then you're like, everything is just three letters with a suffix added to it.

I know what a phobia is. And you get this false sense of encouragement. And then the further you go down the rabbit hole, you're like, oh, I'm screwed. But Hebrew is completely the opposite because the writing system is so different. The learning curve is hard at the beginning. And then you're like, everything is just three letters with a suffix added to it.

I know what a phobia is. And you get this false sense of encouragement. And then the further you go down the rabbit hole, you're like, oh, I'm screwed. But Hebrew is completely the opposite because the writing system is so different. The learning curve is hard at the beginning. And then you're like, everything is just three letters with a suffix added to it.

And so it feels like whereas the opposite is true with Greek. Greek, you're like, I get this. And then when you really go down the rabbit hole, you're like, oh, crap. None of the things that I learned about that are supposed to be standard, all of them have exceptions.

And so it feels like whereas the opposite is true with Greek. Greek, you're like, I get this. And then when you really go down the rabbit hole, you're like, oh, crap. None of the things that I learned about that are supposed to be standard, all of them have exceptions.