There are a lot of contradictions in the Bible! Like, a lot. For example, how did Judas die? Did he hang himself (Matthew 27) or fall to his death (Acts 1)? What about the differences in Samuel and Chronicles? And why are some of the genealogies different? These contradictions are often brought up as a sign of the Bible's unreliability by critical scholars such as Bart Ehrman. But such an approach comes from sometimes unconvincing efforts at harmonization. There are other ways to read these contradictions without trying to force harmonization. In this episode of Contradictions in the Bible we take a look at these examples to show how different perspectives and narrative purposes can lead to differences in the way a story is told. Join this channel to get access to access perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXHXndcp1-UYtbuahLpCaQ/join 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Differences between Samuel and Chronicles 3:06 Differences in Biblical Genealogies 4:37 How did Judas die? + Stay in the loop: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/bibleunboxed FB: https://www.facebook.com/bibleunbox Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bibleunboxed Subscribe: https://youtube.com/bibleunboxed?sub_confirmation=1 + Help us grow! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bibleunboxed Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Lachlan523 BTC Wallet: 1MJYqAi5VMfPH3qcJeeCCmhcnJyKwWgPwN #theology #biblestudy contradictions in the bible explained, apparent contradictions in the bible explained, what are the bible contradictions, why does the bible have contradictions, why is the bible contradictory, bible contradictions, apologetics, biblical contradictions, does the bible contradict itself, bible errors, inerrancy, biggest bible contradictions COPYRIGHT: You are free to show this video or include it in your livestreams under the condition that you credit Bible Unboxed and include a link to either the channel or the video in the description. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9emYksgvdc

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There are two major dating schemes in use in the West today, BC/AD and BCE/CE. AD stands for Anno Domini (in the Year Of Our Lord) and CE stands for Common Era. Whereas BC is Before Christ, and BCE is Before Common Era. Historian Tom Holland recently tweeted about his dislike of the Common Era dating scheme, suggesting that it is somehow dishonest. So this is a good opportunity to talk about the different dating systems and why most scholars prefer Common Era over Anno Domini. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXHXndcp1-UYtbuahLpCaQ/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bibleunboxed + Help me make more videos! Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Lachlan523 BTC Wallet: 1MJYqAi5VMfPH3qcJeeCCmhcnJyKwWgPwN + Stay in the loop: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibleunboxed FB: https://www.facebook.com/bibleunbox Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bibleunboxed Subscribe: https://youtube.com/bibleunboxed?sub_confirmation=1 Sources: Academic books/papers - Georges Declercq , Anno Domini: the Origins of the Christian Era, 2000 - Lynn Hunt, Measuring Time, Making History, 2008 Some more accessible laymen articles: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1041/the-origin--history-of-the-bcece-dating-system/ https://udayton.edu/magazine/2022/01/common-era.php Some info on the council of Nicea and the Easter date: - Cambridge Companion to the Council of Nicaea (2021) - The Council of Nicea,” in The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils (1996). BC/AD, B.C.,A.D., Anno Domini, Before Christ, Common Era, Before Common Era, BCE/CE, B.C.E, C.E., Tom Holland Historian, Dionysius exiguus, dating system ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOTZQ5U9AA

Noah's Ark in Genesis 6-9 shares striking similarities to ancient Flood stories like Gilgamesh, Atrahasis and the Sumerian Flood Story. Ever since George Smith discovered Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh at the British Museum in the 1800's we've been able to compare these flood stories and their similarities to the Bible. Why are the stories so similar? Did Noah's Ark steal from these stories? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXHXndcp1-UYtbuahLpCaQ/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bibleunboxed + Help me make more videos! Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Lachlan523 BTC Wallet: 1MJYqAi5VMfPH3qcJeeCCmhcnJyKwWgPwN + Stay in the loop: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibleunboxed FB: https://www.facebook.com/bibleunbox Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bibleunboxed Subscribe: https://youtube.com/bibleunboxed?sub_confirmation=1 Sources on the similarities between Noah and other ANE Flood Stories: - The Ark Before Noah, Irving Finkel - Amanda Norsker, “Genesis 6,5-9.17: A Rewritten Babylonian Flood Myth,” Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 29:1 (2015) - Bernard Batto's Slaying the Dragon: Mythmaking in the Biblical Tradition - https://www.worldhistory.org/article/227/the-atrahasis-epic-the-great-flood--the-meaning-of/ - https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-mesopotamian-origin-of-the-biblical-flood-story - John Walton, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament - A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East, Hays It's worth at least mentioning some older articles, some of the ideas are a bit dated: - "GILGAMESH" AND GENESIS: THE FLOOD STORY IN CONTEXT, Eugene Fisher (1970) - The Atrahasis Epic and Its Significance for Our Understanding of Genesis 1-9, Tikva Frymer-Kensky (1977) - The Evolution of the Gilgamesh Epic, Jeffrey Tigay (1982) Dates are primarily sourced from the universities and institutions which house the tablets: - Gilgamesh: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_K-3375 - Sumerian: https://www.schoyencollection.com/literature-collection/sumerian-literature-collection/sumerian-flood-story-ms-3026 https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/252032 - Nippur Tablet: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/97591 - Atrahasis Tablet: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1889-0426-236 Translations: - Andrew George, Gilgamesh (Critical edition) - Critical edition of Atrahasis by Wilfred G. Lambert, Alan R. Millard, and Miguel Civil - https://www.livius.org/sources/content/anet/104-106-the-epic-of-atrahasis/ - ANET, Pritchart - Context of Scripture, 2 Vols Other useful links: - Joel Baden's lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE9MZfWb0Ng - Literary Analysis of the Flood St y Analysis of the Flood Story as a Semitic Type-Scene, Jared Pfost (Note: This is a doctoral student essay, it won a Near Eastern essay competition, and I don't necessarily agree with the conclusion that the story is a straight up polemic, but there's some good literary comparison) - https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/noahs-flood-competing-visions-of-a-mesopotamian-tradition/ - Digital Hammurabi have a bunch of great videos on the flood, here's one, you can search for the rest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePhlrtkpmk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luNEexc6fbE