Nice approach in handling the text. I would love to get a deep dive in understanding Jeremiah 8:8 and its surroundings if you do not mind. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video. I will add that verse to the list of potential upcoming videos. Is there anything in particular about this verse that interests you? Also, we just so happened to have interviewed a scholar from the Netherlands last week! Dr. Panc Beentjes is a scholar on Ben Sira and will be an upcoming interview episode.
@@hebrewbibleinsights In dutch it is translated in a bit different ways in different versions, so i would like all the possible translations of it, so that i can know the right one among them.. Looking forward to that video, and as you might have noticed in the interview, the dutch can have a fresh look on things, we are not afraid to think different...
That could be fun to dive into the Hebrew of that verse and see what is going on. It would be great to see your comments on how different Dutch translations render the verse too. The interview with Panc was excellent! I can confirm what you said about not being afraid to think differently from my experience with him. He has great thoughts.
Have you read the unseen realm by Dr. Michael S Heiser? I’d like to know your thoughts on his interpretation of the Divine Council, and the Deuteronomy 32 worldview.
This topic is much more in the realm (pun intended) of Dr. French, so here is his response: Hello, Yes, good question regarding the Deut. 32 worldview and the late Dr. Heiser’s own work and interpretation of it. First, let me say, that Heiser’s work was certainly not the first to highlight this understanding of Deut. 32. There is plenty of scholarship outside of his own that had emphasized such readings. That said, he did a masterful job of making this worldview known and relevant to Christian teaching and theology through his popular engagement and various mediums (books, RUclips, etc.). Of course, such an interpretation of Deut. 32:7-8, as referring to the nations being allotted according to the number of the rebellious divine beings, who have rejected their place on the divine council, is the most ancient interpretation of the Hebrew text, as we have two later Jewish texts, that is, the Septuagint and the Qumran scrolls that attest to that interpretation. The Masoretic Text has a different reading, and suggests that the nations were allotted according to the number of the sons of Israel, whereas the Qumran scrolls have בני אלהים, “sons of God,” and the Septuagint has “angels of God,” which is also an interesting interpretive move within Second Temple Jewish thought. The ancient Near Eastern context lends toward the ancient interpretation that YHWH hands over the nations at Babel and divides them up according to the number of the rebellious divine sons. This fits well with the pantheon of the Northwest Semitic world, especially as it pertains to El and his 70 sons, which happens to be the number of nations divided up in Genesis 10. All that to say, it is clear that the Deut. 32 worldview is the best interpretation for the text of Deuteronomy 32, and fits quite well in both the ancient received texts of Second Temple Judaism and in the cultural milieu of the Northwest Semitic world of the ancient Near East. Good questions! Glad you are enjoying the episodes. Best wishes, Dr. French
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Just curious if anyoone has considered or discussed the idea that the spirit realm was created prior to the earthly realm.?
Nice approach in handling the text. I would love to get a deep dive in understanding Jeremiah 8:8 and its surroundings if you do not mind.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video. I will add that verse to the list of potential upcoming videos. Is there anything in particular about this verse that interests you?
Also, we just so happened to have interviewed a scholar from the Netherlands last week! Dr. Panc Beentjes is a scholar on Ben Sira and will be an upcoming interview episode.
@@hebrewbibleinsights In dutch it is translated in a bit different ways in different versions, so i would like all the possible translations of it, so that i can know the right one among them..
Looking forward to that video, and as you might have noticed in the interview, the dutch can have a fresh look on things, we are not afraid to think different...
That could be fun to dive into the Hebrew of that verse and see what is going on. It would be great to see your comments on how different Dutch translations render the verse too.
The interview with Panc was excellent! I can confirm what you said about not being afraid to think differently from my experience with him. He has great thoughts.
Have you read the unseen realm by Dr. Michael S Heiser? I’d like to know your thoughts on his interpretation of the Divine Council, and the Deuteronomy 32 worldview.
lol you reference him later in this video. Do you have any direct thoughts about his specific interpretation?
They also mentioned it in their last video about Job. I'd like to hear their thoughts on it as well!
This topic is much more in the realm (pun intended) of Dr. French, so here is his response:
Hello,
Yes, good question regarding the Deut. 32 worldview and the late Dr. Heiser’s own work and interpretation of it.
First, let me say, that Heiser’s work was certainly not the first to highlight this understanding of Deut. 32. There is plenty of scholarship outside of his own that had emphasized such readings. That said, he did a masterful job of making this worldview known and relevant to Christian teaching and theology through his popular engagement and various mediums (books, RUclips, etc.). Of course, such an interpretation of Deut. 32:7-8, as referring to the nations being allotted according to the number of the rebellious divine beings, who have rejected their place on the divine council, is the most ancient interpretation of the Hebrew text, as we have two later Jewish texts, that is, the Septuagint and the Qumran scrolls that attest to that interpretation. The Masoretic Text has a different reading, and suggests that the nations were allotted according to the number of the sons of Israel, whereas the Qumran scrolls have בני אלהים, “sons of God,” and the Septuagint has “angels of God,” which is also an interesting interpretive move within Second Temple Jewish thought.
The ancient Near Eastern context lends toward the ancient interpretation that YHWH hands over the nations at Babel and divides them up according to the number of the rebellious divine sons. This fits well with the pantheon of the Northwest Semitic world, especially as it pertains to El and his 70 sons, which happens to be the number of nations divided up in Genesis 10. All that to say, it is clear that the Deut. 32 worldview is the best interpretation for the text of Deuteronomy 32, and fits quite well in both the ancient received texts of Second Temple Judaism and in the cultural milieu of the Northwest Semitic world of the ancient Near East.
Good questions! Glad you are enjoying the episodes.
Best wishes,
Dr. French
@@hebrewbibleinsights awesome! Thank you for the response!