The Scriptures

Our Old Testaments in Christian Bibles are all organized according to genre: History (The Pentateuch + Historical Books) & Poetry (The Wisdom Literature & Prophets). However, it hasn't always been like that. In fact, The Apostles, Jesus, and Jews hundreds of years before were reading it in another order: the TaNaKh. In this lecture, I explain the internal intentional design of each section of the TaNaKh as well as the relationship between the three parts. If you want to understand the Old Testament in the way Jesus did, this lecture is for you!

On the one hand, scholars have long proposed the Documentary Hypothesis as an answer to supposed contradictions and retellings of stories in the Pentateuch. On the other hand, Christian and Jewish tradition propose that the Pentateuch was written by Moses. Concerning the latter, there are a series of verses that hint at least some portions of the Torah dating to the Monarchy or even after exile. As for the former, there are a plethora of literary patterns that show up even among portions of the Pentateuch that are supposedly from different sources.

So what's the solution? When and how was the Pentateuch composed? These two videos explore issues with either extreme view: that Moses composed the entire Pentateuch or that it was composed by disprate  sources.

This conversation explores the latest research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, focusing on the innovative use of AI in dating these ancient texts. I discuss the implications of the Enoch AI model, which connects paleography and radiocarbon dating without damaging the scrolls. The conversation also delves into the historical context of the Book of Daniel, challenging traditional scholarly views on its authorship and dating.