Hey Matt ... A little tip from the world of archeology. Around 17.40 you report correctly that the Israelites were amost certainly Cainnanites. But you might want to look at the research that discovered Hebrew names written on artifacts in the Nile River valley from the mate bronze age.
Great video, but I think it's important to mention that the Madai were essentially Persians from Persia, where the three Magi who visited the Christ child originated.
@@joshuataylor3550 Rather, managed to present recorded history from a chart representation as accurate as possible, in such a way appropriate to a fundamentalist standpoint either that of a Christian, Jew, or a Muslim.
*As a born again Christian I really appreciate your detailed study about the cousins of Jesus Christ and the different Mary'es of that time. No matter how many times I studied these subjects in the past I always came out a bit confused.*
Im a mixed Irish/Ashkenazi/Roma person, my ancestors can be traced from northern India through the middle east, then up through North Africa and into Europe and eventually up into Russia and then down into Wales and Ireland...also some Germany, Sinti/Roma. So I like listening to you because it can trace my peoples migration. Im several generations American and no longer practicing of any religion due to the World Wars, but your video helped me make connections to my cultural past.
This channel is so interesting. As someone who used to be fairly religious (Christian), I always wanted to know more about the historical basis for the Bible without having to commit to getting a degree in religious studies or something. This channel totally scratches that itch in an engaging way. When the only time you hear about ancient Israeli history is at church, you don’t regularly get a truly historical take on events. Thanks for imparting your knowledge with us. I may have to buy some of your posters at some point.
I just love this channel. Matt has, almost singlehandedly, revived my interest in religion, and has fuethered my interest in history. It's really cool to see that history is more interesting than fiction in many instances
@@joshuakatherine6251 one day, some generations may claim your existence is a fiction because sooner or later, we will all become history and AI will be the one defining you to others. Whatever lies people feed AI online now, will be the new truth for generations and guess what? The cycle of barbarism and endless wars that our ancestors solved and helped our generation to avoid will be brought back in the coming generations if we keep going like this. God help us all.
*Same here! We don't need to look to an imaginary virtual future, to enjoy the excitement of fiction, when there's so much excitement to be discovered in history if you look at its so many amazing details!😍*
@@mushtaqmasih The Book of Enoch, also known as 1 Enoch, is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic text traditionally attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. However, it is important to note that the authorship of the Book of Enoch is not definitively established, and scholars generally believe that it was composed by multiple authors over several centuries. ### Key Points About the Book of Enoch: 1. Composition: The Book of Enoch is thought to have been written between the 3rd century BCE and the 1st century CE. It is divided into several sections, including: - The Book of Watchers - The Book of Parables - The Astronomical Book - The Book of Dream Visions - The Epistle of Enoch 2. Attribution to Enoch: The text is named after Enoch, building on the biblical figure mentioned in Genesis (Genesis 5:21-24), who "walked with God" and was taken by God. The attribution to Enoch serves to give the text a sense of authority and legitimacy. 3. Historical Context: The Book of Enoch reflects the beliefs, traditions, and concerns of Jewish communities during the Second Temple period. It deals with themes such as divine judgment, the fate of sinners, the coming of a messianic kingdom, and the nature of angels. 4. Canonical Status: The Book of Enoch is not considered canonical by most branches of Judaism or Christianity. However, it is regarded as an important work in the study of early Jewish thought and is cited in some early Christian writings. 5. Survival and Influence: The Book of Enoch was preserved primarily in the Ge'ez language (an ancient Ethiopian language) and is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's biblical canon. It has influenced various religious traditions and has garnered interest in modern scholarship regarding apocalyptic literature. In summary, while the Book of Enoch is attributed to Enoch, it is unlikely that a single individual authored it. Instead, it is a composite work reflecting a range of ideas and traditions from ancient Jewish thought.
The first half is so interesting to me, right after reading Cline´s book on the aftermath of the late bronze age collapse in the region (titled After 1177 BC), because you can kind of see where the archaeological record lines up with the biblical stories (and where it doesn´t). Highly recommend that book, by the way!
Good to note for the genealogy of Jesus in 1:08:00 that at the time Jews at the time believe you are Jewish based off of the father and today it is the mother. (which makes more sense) So that is a possibility to explain the differences.
@@Cashiyado Before DNA testing, there was sometimes doubt over who fathered a natural son. (Even today, in fact, there are cases where identical-twin brothers who slept with the same woman cannot be distinguished.) 🤔 Whereas determining who brought forth a baby simply involves checking the birth records. 🤱
@@Cashiyado You can tell who gave birth. But traditionally the woman moved into the fathers family. It was always assumed the woman wasn't cheating and it was uncommon to do so at the time.
Considering the fact that a whole lot of people converted to the faith of Israel in the OT, and were placed in a tribe, and they and their descendants were counted as natural born of Israel. All them ppl going by either patrineality or matrineality, was a moot point. The biblical genealogy is patrineality, and is only for the purpose of showing Jesus Christ to be the root and offspring of David. Also, in the OT, if the father was an Israelite and the mother was not, the child was an Israelite. If the father was not and the mother was an Israelite, the child was called Israelitish. So the matrineality of Judaism is far removed from the faith of the OT, not that anyone other than Jesus's genealogy matter anyway...
And how about this for a thought. it could simply because it was a flood that was worldwide like the Bible says and evidence shows. in auto mechanics they say look for the simple answer first then look for other stuff Why so doubt although it's good to question what are you getting out of questioning are you getting closer to the truth?
The commonality of flood myths could also be simply because major civilizations tend to spring up around rivers, which tend to flood seasonally, and occasionally they flood catastrophically if the winter brought lots of snow to the mountains or the spring rains were unusually heavy [like during El Nino/La Nina type events]
The lower Mississippi turns some places into lakes during its floods. The Nile is the same way. Before levees, rivers turned those deltas into lakes with dotted with islands. This is true for all major river systems around the world.
Is there a possibility to have an overview of the new poster in which the mistakes of the old poster is highlighted? If have the old ones. I'll give them a marking myselve😊
Hagar was Sarah’s handmaid who served her (as her slave), she was given to Abraham to bear a child for Sarah (as was their culture), Abraham did not marry her. Abraham did not marry again until after Sarah died when he married Keturah & had 6 more sons (fathers of the Arab nations).
Mary Magdalene was referred to as Mary of Magdalen (a place name). Mary of Bethany was Martha and Lazarus' sister. So is Bethany another name for Magdalen?
Also, based on my readings: in the event known as The Visitation, teenage Mary, newly pregnant with Jesus, travels alone to visit her first cousin elderly Elizabeth (I think she was in her 80's) and assist Elizabeth with her pregnancy. Mary stays with Elizabeth until Elizabeth gives birth 3 months later. Mary then returns to her hubby Joseph. Then teenage Mary gives birth to Jesus, alone, without any assistance from anybody, based on her experience at her cousin Elizabeth's delivery. Elizabeth's husband Zakariah was killed in the temple where he worked, by Herod's soldiers, when he refused to tell them where his son John the Baptist was hidden. During The Killing of the Innocents.
18:55 - Samuel is described as an Ephraimite in 1 Samuel 1:1. It is only in the later Book of 1 Chronicles (6:19-27) that describes him as a Levite. The latter source-writing in the Second Temple Period-probably changed Samuel’s tribe because, by the Chronicler’s time at least, only Levites were recognized as priests.
You're assuming incorrectly that genealogy and nationality are the same. Samuel's father is a Levite, but he dwelled in the hill country of Ephraim. That makes him a Levite from the land of Ephraim. The book of Chronicles is concerned with establishing geneologies whereas in Samuel it simply designates where he is from.
@@CorbanDallasMultipass 1 Samuel 1 describes Samuel’s father Elkanah as both “from Ephraim” (nationality) and “an Ephraimite” (genealogy). There is no room here for Samuel to be a Levite from Ephraim. 1 Chronicles 6:18-23 list Samuel as a Levite. This is an inconsistency between two different sources.
Yeah, this video seems to smooth over quite a few of the issues that crop up and seems to take a fairly apologetic stance. I realize that he probably doesn’t want to produce a 4 hour video, but by occasionally pointing out where scholarship disagrees with the narrative or pointing out issues within the narratives themselves, it makes it seem like there aren’t other issues when there are quite a few times that he says things which are problematic from a historical/critical view, either by taking the narrative at face value, or like in your scenario where he picks a side when a contradiction arises, and usually the side more favored by religious folk and not scholars. And I’m no scholar, so if I’m aware of the issues, I’m certain the host knows them even better, which is a bit disappointing because he positions himself as a neutral, secular source, but this video feels very apologetic. (I know he’s Jewish, but when someone says they are leaving their religious beliefs out of their scholarship, I at least start out trusting them)
Just stumbled upon this awesome channel. Do you have any video/chart of the timeline of all the Kings of Israel and Judah, along with all the prophets and their region of prophecy? It would real helpful in understanding the Tanakh better. Thks.
@9:55, is it true that the Biblical authors wouldn’t know about places outside of Northeastern Africa, Europe, and Western Asia? I was under the impression that long-distance trade was common enough by the Iron Age that they would.
Irrelevant. The only 3 males who survived the flood and had children were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. There was only one race after the flood. All racial and ethnic diversity today comes from those 3 men and their wives. It would not matter if later writers knew about others or not. It would not change the fact that they all have the same origin.
Love the charts! Not sure if this has been mentioned but around the 9:30 mark you discuss how the Biblical writers weren't aware of the people living on the other continents and only knew of what was around them. This is only correct because there was no other humans inhabiting other continents. The flood and Noah happened in Genesis 6. So from that event there would only be the 3 sons later down the road in Genesis 11 the tower of babel occurs. That is when the far regions of the world become inhabited and wasn't until then. This would change the narrative that the writers just didn't know while also giving credence that everyone currently is a descendant of Noah's 3 sons, or Noah himself.
I'm a muslim an although I believe in islam and quran I too had similar thoughts regarding the genealogy of human race after the flood of Noah p.b.u.h as what you just mentioned in your comment
Im going to be honest, going thr cousin route is odd and ignores the text. Hebrew might not distinguish between siblings and cousins, but Greek certainly does. Not to mention that John the Baptist, who we know to be a cousin, is not labelled as a brother to Jesus.
@@UsefulCharts Thank you very much...I have purchased it....I think this will be an amazing resource for building the vast outline of the bible into my memory using this new perspective......!!!
Something I’ve wondered since I started learning about the history of religion: Is it considered heresy under Christian theology to acknowledge that certain stories or figures are mythical? Or is it only heretical to deny Jesus’s personhood and/or Godhood?
very much depends who you ask. christianity is not a monolith, and in my church it’s totally acceptable to believe that certain parts of the bible are just stories/allegories. we even have some of matt’s charts in the youth group room! there are other congregations from my same denomination that believe the bible (specifically the KJV) is 100% factual and to question that is completely out of line.
Ask the Orthodox Church, don't ask the Protestants in America, there are too many denoms with different opinions and beliefs that make people confused about Christianity
@@jemmaisweirdIt's teachings like this that have made many Christians in America become atheists because there's no clarity on what the true faith is. People just choose what they want to believe. That's what led to people arguing with each other about which one is true and ended up founding other churches that suited their mindset.
In Spain, up until a generation ago, practically all girls were named "Maria." Thus, they often went by their middle names. And in ancient times, there were much fewer names to go around. In ancient Rome, for instance, so many important people had similar 1st and 2nd names that modern historians tend to refer to them by their 3rd or even 4th names! e.g. "Gaius Julius Caesar Aurelia" ("Julius Caesar") and "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" ("Caesar Augustus"). In fact, two significant Roman figures, born a generation apart, were BOTH named "Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus." Thus, we English speakers refer to them simply as "Pliny the Elder" and "Pliny the Younger."
Awesome video! This will definitely be the first chart I buy, I'm not religious but the Bible fascinates me in a mythological/historical sense. Also just curious, where do the drawings representing the sons of Jacob come from?
They are from a mosaic on the wall of a synagogue in Jerusalem. The mosaic itself is modern but the imagery associated with each tribe goes back to the medieval period.
@55:49 you show on the screen that Apostille John is the same person who wrote the Book of John and Revelations, but we know pretty concretely that John wasn't written until around 100 AD and didn't have singular author. How old do you think the guy was when writing this book?
The three races thing is just a generalization. Like they're saying at a point when there was only so many ppl, that the separation eventually lead to 3 main types of peoples. But naturally over the course of millennia, these groups also spread out and mixed with each other to then create new bloodlines and new types of people, leading to the 100s of types we have today. It's not like Noah had one son who was black and one son who was white and an Asian but this point in history is so far back that when they spread out, geography and the conditions created different races. I heard some where that white people are really only been a thing for 10k years or so , a lot of that was from diet and where they lived
Joseph of Arimathea may have been a relative of Mary, with members of the family, including Jesus, buried in one of two tombs in his property. The ossuaries are in a museum storeroom in Jerusalem. I wonder how adding clay to the skull of that Jesus would look.
Anyone else ever thought it was weird that adam and eve had a third son named seth and then you learn about the ancient egyptian god named set, who was often portrayed as dangerous or antagonistic? Was that done on purpose when the scrolls were written later on or just one of those weird coincidences?
@4:00 The extra names look like they have Mesopotamian influence, I wouldn't doubt if they were added from Babylonian myths. The story of Noah has roots from the Epic of Gilgamesh, with Utnapishtim, who scholars believe may be the basis.
I have sometimes heard it claimed that Jesus is the descendant of an ancestor produced by the congress of Lot and one of his daughters. So, according to this chart, this is not true?
God created more people besides Adam and Eve and it is explained that after Cain killed Abel God exiled Cain and put a seal on his forehead so that "anyone" comes across him or finds him they will not harm him. There shouldn't be anyone to harm Cain if there were no other people. This proves that God made other people and Seth their third son was not born yet
Hi, I'm an Italian student. Excellent work. Congratulations. I need some clarification regarding the dates of Kings... You put the start of Kingdoms of Judah and Israel 930 BCE... Do you take this reference from? Thiele, Galil, Albright... Anyway, I see a cronology that start this Kingdom 997 BCE. Isn't possible?? Thanks
I could need you to answer me two questions. Do the word "all" mean nothing in the Exodus movement, or was it just a mistranslation. Like all the Egyptian animals keep getting destroyed over and over again, then all of the trees get destroyed, yet some remain. My first question is why? Second question: Why was there a chosen people prior to Abraham? I thought the Jews were special because of the sacrifice Abraham made, so how and why was there still a chosen prior? Is it because of Cain and Seth? But didn't only Seth decentance made it through the flood? Was there a chosen because of the tower of babbal, did it happen because of the curse of the Canaanites?
Yes. Cain was "cursed" by God, so his descendants were also viewed the same way. Descendants of Seth, on the other hand, would have been viewed with favor, provided they were a moral person. That number was eventually only 8 people.
@@kitfisto1827 Yes anybody could have been saved, but they wasn't. I love stories, I am an Anime junki, and I love cartoons, I get emotional from a good story. However when I read the biblical accounts there are always plot holes. Like how was Lot's daughters still virgins if they had husbands? Why is "All" miss used, I could excuse Eve being the mother of all living, because I know what the text meant by context, but I can't excuse the Exodus. It's as if they've exaggerated the story, because being a nation of farmers, having your live stock and field destroyed would be painful. So it's as if during the plagues that was the only plot they could rubbed in. I was talking about the chosen people after the flood, but before Abraham btw. Also why would God choose the Israelites just to abandon them for Christianity? I just don't get it. I am so regretful I've been so strictly following religion on the whole all m life. Not because of the plot holes, but because of Christianity. Because Christianity makes a paradox child's play with how confusing it is. I will read your responses and look into them.
@@kitfisto1827 So the tower of Babbal wasn't random? He give the children of Ham a language, and Seth another, then the other son decentance another language. Then he split them up based on the curse. When I was a Davidian, not Branch Davidian, I've read by our prophet the gentiles still had God names and titles in the original language and named their gods after them. That was the exclamation given to why the gentile gods have the same names as his titles and name in some cases. This also explains why some of the Canaanites nations were named after God. I don't believe none of that now, of course.
@famliy60 A lot of the old testament uses hyperbole and exaggeration that would have been common in story telling and language in the time of its writing. For example in dueteronomy, joshua, and 1 samuel. And probably other places God calls upon His people to “utterly destroy” another people group or city. Sometimes going as far to say leave no man women, livestock, etc.. That doesn’t happen really though, like in the bible stories a lot of times the Israelites end up mingling with or marrying the canaanites they were told to destroy. So wording like “utterly destroy” is likely a literary way for the writer to say “defeat them” with extra emphasis. And to add to that, the old testament specifically was passed down primarily by spoken word until it was written in ancient Hebrew and then translated into ancient greek then translated a few more times to finally get to current english translations. So our understanding of the text is more complicated so we shouldn’t assume its literal with some of these stories. TLDR: the context of and the time frame of the writing and literary tools being used needs to be taken into consideration when reading and examining these bible stories. As he briefly mentioned in the video The writers were likely more concerned about the theme and The theology of these stories than the literal interpretation. I hope that helps some, I pray that you continue to examine these stories. God wants you to find Him through His word and to chose Him by loving Him in. Obedience. There are lots of resources and discussions on these topics all over youtube that I’m sure you could find if you look! God bless you.
Just a thought...for the biblical composition timeline, would we want to put the chunks with alleged earlier authorships like the Song of Deborah, Song of the Sea etc 'earlier up' on the timeline closer to their supposedly more likely written timeperiod?
In the Zugot (pairs) period, the Nasi (president) was the head of "government," and the Av Beit Din (father of court) was the head of law and religion - not a vice president.
50:28 Sorry, Matt, but that argument is BS, Hebrew has and always had a word for cousin. Ok, not really a word, but a cousin is your uncle's son, so we literally call them "uncle's son"...
Not to mention that Greek has that distinction, and John the Baptist is not referred as a brother to Jesus, which would be needed for this theory to be true. The whole theory is an invention created to support Catholic dogma viewing sex as a sin while holding Mary to an aprocryphal standard.
Thanks for the sharing and let me share something with you too. As I found using BCE to calculate the total number of years of the Old Testament not easy, I count it from Adam instead. [Genesis chapter 5] ▶ [Genesis 6:5, 6:11-13, 6:17] ▶ [Genesis 7:11] 1st-10th: Adam(age 130 had begotten)➡2nd-Seth(105)➡3th-Enos(90)➡4th-Cainan(70)➡5th-Mahalaleel(65)➡6th-Jared(162)➡7th-Enoch(65)➡8th-Methuselah(187)➡9th-Lamech(182)➡10th-Noah(500) begat Shem(be blessed), Ham(firstborn), Japheth(youngest son)/Noah(600) the flood waters was upon the earth. =1656 years [Genesis chapter 11] 1656 years add(+) 11th-Shem(+2years after the flood)➡20th-Abram/Abraham Abraham, 20th from Adam =1948 years (Coincidently, Israel declared Independence in 1948 A.D.) [Genesis 21:5] ▶ [Genesis 25:26] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 47:9] ▶ [Exodus 12:36 & 12:41] fulfilled the word of God [Genesis 15:13-14] ▶ [1 Kings 6:1] 1948 years add(+) Abraham(100)➡Isaac(60)➡Esau & Jacob ➡ Israel(130) ➡ the whole family, 70 members sojourned in Egypt(430)➡after the children of Israel coming out of the land of Egypt(480)➡Solomon began to build the house of the Lord. =3148 years [1 Kings & 2 Kings] ▶[2 Kings chapter 25] 3148 years add(+) From Solomon(362) / (the house of David had reigned for 406 years)➡ By 586 BCE, much of Judah had been devastated. The Old Testament = 4096 years in total
Hey i dont mean to be rude, but when you made the comparison between judiasm and Hinduism, you mentioned the constants, but in hebrew everything is a constant. No offence but you looked at it at a European mindset not an entomological mindset + he is most likely names avraham( as pronounced in hebrew) because he is av ha'am. Or in english the father of the nation
1:08:12...both genealogies belong to Joseph.. one is legal, the other biological... according to Eusebius ...or according to Augustine (Joseph was adapted).. two genealogies use different words: begotten vs son of... either way goal is to show that Joseph is from the line of David ..stump of Jesse..
What makes you think James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are not Jesus’s biological brothers? Or were you not considering that for the purpose of this family tree since it’s going off tradition?
I'd think so too, here are two reasons: 1. James brother of Jesus is assessed in extra-biblical sources, and methinks also in the Pauline epistles (tl;dr)... 2. The argument that they were cousins because "Hebrew didn't have a word for cousin" is BS. Hebrew has a term for cousin. Your cousin is your uncle's son, so Hebrew uses that phrase (mentioned thrice in the Bible) to refer to them...
@@adrianblake8876 Doesn't the Bible also tell us the John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin? So then James and the rest of them would also have been called cousins.
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You present this in such a way that even the most evangelical christian couldn't be upset.
Hey Matt ... A little tip from the world of archeology. Around 17.40 you report correctly that the Israelites were amost certainly Cainnanites.
But you might want to look at the research that discovered Hebrew names written on artifacts in the Nile River valley from the mate bronze age.
I forgot is useful craft a Christian or not?
Great video, but I think it's important to mention that the Madai were essentially Persians from Persia, where the three Magi who visited the Christ child originated.
@@joshuataylor3550 Rather, managed to present recorded history from a chart representation as accurate as possible, in such a way appropriate to a fundamentalist standpoint either that of a Christian, Jew, or a Muslim.
*As a born again Christian I really appreciate your detailed study about the cousins of Jesus Christ and the different Mary'es of that time. No matter how many times I studied these subjects in the past I always came out a bit confused.*
"Aw what a cute kitty! What's his name?" "He's Zerubbabel." "I know he's rubbable, but what's his name?"
It means seed of Babylon
@@chimera9818 Yeah no kidding,.
Im a mixed Irish/Ashkenazi/Roma person, my ancestors can be traced from northern India through the middle east, then up through North Africa and into Europe and eventually up into Russia and then down into Wales and Ireland...also some Germany, Sinti/Roma. So I like listening to you because it can trace my peoples migration. Im several generations American and no longer practicing of any religion due to the World Wars, but your video helped me make connections to my cultural past.
This channel is so interesting. As someone who used to be fairly religious (Christian), I always wanted to know more about the historical basis for the Bible without having to commit to getting a degree in religious studies or something. This channel totally scratches that itch in an engaging way. When the only time you hear about ancient Israeli history is at church, you don’t regularly get a truly historical take on events. Thanks for imparting your knowledge with us. I may have to buy some of your posters at some point.
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I know right!!!
Whooo! I just bought the old Chart for super Cheap at the store. thanks for your hard work dude!
Hilarious! All BS.
I just love this channel. Matt has, almost singlehandedly, revived my interest in religion, and has fuethered my interest in history. It's really cool to see that history is more interesting than fiction in many instances
It's also interesting to see that history IS fiction in many instances
@@joshuakatherine6251 one day, some generations may claim your existence is a fiction because sooner or later, we will all become history and AI will be the one defining you to others. Whatever lies people feed AI online now, will be the new truth for generations and guess what? The cycle of barbarism and endless wars that our ancestors solved and helped our generation to avoid will be brought back in the coming generations if we keep going like this.
God help us all.
*Same here! We don't need to look to an imaginary virtual future, to enjoy the excitement of fiction, when there's so much excitement to be discovered in history if you look at its so many amazing details!😍*
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History and science are fiction in many cases.
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I think Enoch should be somehow marked as well as he was an important character for some authors
Well Jesus himself quoted Enoch so it should be there.
Enoch is Prophet and author of Book of Enoch
@@mushtaqmasih The Book of Enoch, also known as 1 Enoch, is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic text traditionally attributed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. However, it is important to note that the authorship of the Book of Enoch is not definitively established, and scholars generally believe that it was composed by multiple authors over several centuries.
### Key Points About the Book of Enoch:
1. Composition: The Book of Enoch is thought to have been written between the 3rd century BCE and the 1st century CE. It is divided into several sections, including:
- The Book of Watchers
- The Book of Parables
- The Astronomical Book
- The Book of Dream Visions
- The Epistle of Enoch
2. Attribution to Enoch: The text is named after Enoch, building on the biblical figure mentioned in Genesis (Genesis 5:21-24), who "walked with God" and was taken by God. The attribution to Enoch serves to give the text a sense of authority and legitimacy.
3. Historical Context: The Book of Enoch reflects the beliefs, traditions, and concerns of Jewish communities during the Second Temple period. It deals with themes such as divine judgment, the fate of sinners, the coming of a messianic kingdom, and the nature of angels.
4. Canonical Status: The Book of Enoch is not considered canonical by most branches of Judaism or Christianity. However, it is regarded as an important work in the study of early Jewish thought and is cited in some early Christian writings.
5. Survival and Influence: The Book of Enoch was preserved primarily in the Ge'ez language (an ancient Ethiopian language) and is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's biblical canon. It has influenced various religious traditions and has garnered interest in modern scholarship regarding apocalyptic literature.
In summary, while the Book of Enoch is attributed to Enoch, it is unlikely that a single individual authored it. Instead, it is a composite work reflecting a range of ideas and traditions from ancient Jewish thought.
My husband has Enoch in his family. I've traced it back on his tree.
@@jenniferspinks7069it isn’t really a big deal since we all are related to Noah
Again, thank you for your objective story telling with your charts and pleasant narration.🙂
I am going to salute you for such an excellent job well done.
I just found your videos today and wanted to thank you for such a great presentation and tell you what a great thing! Thank you again...
Amazing video Matt, I love the depth you go into with your information and research
Awesome as always, Matt. Is it sad that I wish the video were longer? Lol
I've been watching your channel for a while, and I enjoy your videos!
The first half is so interesting to me, right after reading Cline´s book on the aftermath of the late bronze age collapse in the region (titled After 1177 BC), because you can kind of see where the archaeological record lines up with the biblical stories (and where it doesn´t). Highly recommend that book, by the way!
Great video! Awesome research! One insignificant name error at 39:39? Thank You Much! This is SO helpful for us visual learners! Shalom
Just amazing work! Thank you
Good to note for the genealogy of Jesus in 1:08:00 that at the time Jews at the time believe you are Jewish based off of the father and today it is the mother. (which makes more sense) So that is a possibility to explain the differences.
Could I ask why do you think it makes more sense?
@@Cashiyado
Before DNA testing, there was sometimes doubt over who fathered a natural son. (Even today, in fact, there are cases where identical-twin brothers who slept with the same woman cannot be distinguished.)
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Whereas determining who brought forth a baby simply involves checking the birth records.
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@Cashiyado it's a bit harder to hide the whole giving birth process
@@Cashiyado You can tell who gave birth. But traditionally the woman moved into the fathers family. It was always assumed the woman wasn't cheating and it was uncommon to do so at the time.
Considering the fact that a whole lot of people converted to the faith of Israel in the OT, and were placed in a tribe, and they and their descendants were counted as natural born of Israel. All them ppl going by either patrineality or matrineality, was a moot point. The biblical genealogy is patrineality, and is only for the purpose of showing Jesus Christ to be the root and offspring of David.
Also, in the OT, if the father was an Israelite and the mother was not, the child was an Israelite. If the father was not and the mother was an Israelite, the child was called Israelitish. So the matrineality of Judaism is far removed from the faith of the OT, not that anyone other than Jesus's genealogy matter anyway...
Splendid video Matt!
And how about this for a thought. it could simply because it was a flood that was worldwide like the Bible says and evidence shows. in auto mechanics they say look for the simple answer first then look for other stuff
Why so doubt although it's good to question what are you getting out of questioning are you getting closer to the truth?
For the baby names alone! Great chart and video!
Your chart shows Amon as the son of Manasseh, but you said "Ahaz." Which one is correct?
Noticed that, too.
the chart
I wonder if the idea of people representing regions (from a secular perspective) came from older polytheistic religions?
Thank you! Fascinating stuff!
nice narration... and good video by the way !
The commonality of flood myths could also be simply because major civilizations tend to spring up around rivers, which tend to flood seasonally, and occasionally they flood catastrophically if the winter brought lots of snow to the mountains or the spring rains were unusually heavy [like during El Nino/La Nina type events]
The lower Mississippi turns some places into lakes during its floods. The Nile is the same way. Before levees, rivers turned those deltas into lakes with dotted with islands. This is true for all major river systems around the world.
I always thought it was the end of the Ice Age and how oral tradition preserved this event
@@ThatRandomFastingGuy that could have been part of it, especially with glacial lakes emptying out quickly.
It’s highly informative. As a Christian, I believe that it’s good to listen to the academic perspective on Bible.
Thank you.🙏
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Is there a possibility to have an overview of the new poster in which the mistakes of the old poster is highlighted? If have the old ones. I'll give them a marking myselve😊
Love your videos, and I was wondering if you would consider doing a tutorial on your timeline charts, like the timeline of US History chart.
For those of you too dumb to understand, bro’s summarizing the entire Bible in a single video
Thanks Captain obvious
@@gg.1739 geez
Hagar was Sarah’s handmaid who served her (as her slave), she was given to Abraham to bear a child for Sarah (as was their culture), Abraham did not marry her. Abraham did not marry again until after Sarah died when he married Keturah & had 6 more sons (fathers of the Arab nations).
Yes.
Mary Magdalene was referred to as Mary of Magdalen (a place name). Mary of Bethany was Martha and Lazarus' sister. So is Bethany another name for Magdalen?
Also, based on my readings: in the event known as The Visitation, teenage Mary, newly pregnant with Jesus, travels alone to visit her first cousin elderly Elizabeth (I think she was in her 80's) and assist Elizabeth with her pregnancy. Mary stays with Elizabeth until Elizabeth gives birth 3 months later. Mary then returns to her hubby Joseph. Then teenage Mary gives birth to Jesus, alone, without any assistance from anybody, based on her experience at her cousin Elizabeth's delivery.
Elizabeth's husband Zakariah was killed in the temple where he worked, by Herod's soldiers, when he refused to tell them where his son John the Baptist was hidden. During The Killing of the Innocents.
Can you make a chart of the Harry Potter family tree?
There's been several posted on the UsefulCharts subreddit. And there's one in this video: ruclips.net/video/d1Zq7rOXhbM/видео.html
@@UsefulCharts Thank you.
Hey Useful Charts🖐 I really like your videos and posters. Could you also make one about music history and its composers? I would totally buy it.😎
18:55 - Samuel is described as an Ephraimite in 1 Samuel 1:1. It is only in the later Book of 1 Chronicles (6:19-27) that describes him as a Levite. The latter source-writing in the Second Temple Period-probably changed Samuel’s tribe because, by the Chronicler’s time at least, only Levites were recognized as priests.
This is further proof that the scriptures have been modifed & adapted to fit specific beliefs, time periods, and methods of controlling a population.
You're assuming incorrectly that genealogy and nationality are the same. Samuel's father is a Levite, but he dwelled in the hill country of Ephraim. That makes him a Levite from the land of Ephraim. The book of Chronicles is concerned with establishing geneologies whereas in Samuel it simply designates where he is from.
@@CorbanDallasMultipass 1 Samuel 1 describes Samuel’s father Elkanah as both “from Ephraim” (nationality) and “an Ephraimite” (genealogy). There is no room here for Samuel to be a Levite from Ephraim. 1 Chronicles 6:18-23 list Samuel as a Levite. This is an inconsistency between two different sources.
@@CorbanDallasMultipasswhich means he was both a Levite and Ephraimite. The Judah tribe mixed with other tribes more than not!!
Yeah, this video seems to smooth over quite a few of the issues that crop up and seems to take a fairly apologetic stance. I realize that he probably doesn’t want to produce a 4 hour video, but by occasionally pointing out where scholarship disagrees with the narrative or pointing out issues within the narratives themselves, it makes it seem like there aren’t other issues when there are quite a few times that he says things which are problematic from a historical/critical view, either by taking the narrative at face value, or like in your scenario where he picks a side when a contradiction arises, and usually the side more favored by religious folk and not scholars. And I’m no scholar, so if I’m aware of the issues, I’m certain the host knows them even better, which is a bit disappointing because he positions himself as a neutral, secular source, but this video feels very apologetic. (I know he’s Jewish, but when someone says they are leaving their religious beliefs out of their scholarship, I at least start out trusting them)
Just stumbled upon this awesome channel.
Do you have any video/chart of the timeline of all the Kings of Israel and Judah, along with all the prophets and their region of prophecy? It would real helpful in understanding the Tanakh better. Thks.
You spend so much time on these videos love them
Thanks for this combined presentation. My 21 year old son notified me of this. He's also a Biblical & History lover like myself.
Not only abraham bhramah is a link with hinduism , but also Manu and Noah/Nuh myths are also same
Amazing work! Many thanks!
Hey Matt, would you consider making a video about the origins of the Ishmaelites like you did with the israelites.
Amazing work.
39:39 You said Ahaz instead of Amon.
Love your channel. ❤️
❤❤❤ thank you so much
@9:55, is it true that the Biblical authors wouldn’t know about places outside of Northeastern Africa, Europe, and Western Asia? I was under the impression that long-distance trade was common enough by the Iron Age that they would.
Irrelevant. The only 3 males who survived the flood and had children were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. There was only one race after the flood. All racial and ethnic diversity today comes from those 3 men and their wives.
It would not matter if later writers knew about others or not. It would not change the fact that they all have the same origin.
Could you do one on world coins evolution?
The bible's story is so interesting. Even if a lot of it is more mythological, its still a great tale.
Your mythological
*You're @@hypericacea
@@rjdsa2418 I am
Then why is the BIBLE historically, archaeologically, and prophetically accurate?
That’s his opinion lol it’s not fact of it being mythological
Love the charts! Not sure if this has been mentioned but around the 9:30 mark you discuss how the Biblical writers weren't aware of the people living on the other continents and only knew of what was around them. This is only correct because there was no other humans inhabiting other continents. The flood and Noah happened in Genesis 6. So from that event there would only be the 3 sons later down the road in Genesis 11 the tower of babel occurs. That is when the far regions of the world become inhabited and wasn't until then. This would change the narrative that the writers just didn't know while also giving credence that everyone currently is a descendant of Noah's 3 sons, or Noah himself.
I'm a muslim an although I believe in islam and quran I too had similar thoughts regarding the genealogy of human race after the flood of Noah p.b.u.h as what you just mentioned in your comment
Im going to be honest, going thr cousin route is odd and ignores the text. Hebrew might not distinguish between siblings and cousins, but Greek certainly does. Not to mention that John the Baptist, who we know to be a cousin, is not labelled as a brother to Jesus.
Thank you this was a really good video
Just ordered it 😊 thanks
Your videos are just the best. Bravo.
Nice chart!
GREAT work! VERY helpful.
Some light viewing. Thanks!
Does the chart you are selling contain all of the charts you used in this video ?.......thanks for all your hard work....!!
Yes, except for the extended chart of Jesus's family shown at the end, since that is based on tradition rather than the Bible.
@@UsefulCharts Thank you very much...I have purchased it....I think this will be an amazing resource for building the vast outline of the bible into my memory using this new perspective......!!!
Something I’ve wondered since I started learning about the history of religion: Is it considered heresy under Christian theology to acknowledge that certain stories or figures are mythical? Or is it only heretical to deny Jesus’s personhood and/or Godhood?
very much depends who you ask. christianity is not a monolith, and in my church it’s totally acceptable to believe that certain parts of the bible are just stories/allegories. we even have some of matt’s charts in the youth group room!
there are other congregations from my same denomination that believe the bible (specifically the KJV) is 100% factual and to question that is completely out of line.
heresy is simply the deliberate spreading of falsehoods
Ask the Orthodox Church, don't ask the Protestants in America, there are too many denoms with different opinions and beliefs that make people confused about Christianity
@@jemmaisweirdIt's teachings like this that have made many Christians in America become atheists because there's no clarity on what the true faith is. People just choose what they want to believe. That's what led to people arguing with each other about which one is true and ended up founding other churches that suited their mindset.
But wouldn't it be weird for Anne to name three of her daughters Mary?
In Spain, up until a generation ago, practically all girls were named "Maria." Thus, they often went by their middle names.
And in ancient times, there were much fewer names to go around. In ancient Rome, for instance, so many important people had similar 1st and 2nd names that modern historians tend to refer to them by their 3rd or even 4th names!
e.g. "Gaius Julius Caesar Aurelia" ("Julius Caesar") and "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" ("Caesar Augustus").
In fact, two significant Roman figures, born a generation apart, were BOTH named "Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus."
Thus, we English speakers refer to them simply as "Pliny the Elder" and "Pliny the Younger."
Awesome video! This will definitely be the first chart I buy, I'm not religious but the Bible fascinates me in a mythological/historical sense. Also just curious, where do the drawings representing the sons of Jacob come from?
They are from a mosaic on the wall of a synagogue in Jerusalem. The mosaic itself is modern but the imagery associated with each tribe goes back to the medieval period.
1:01:04... some say that Clopas was Joseph's brother.. and Mary of Clopas was Joseph's sister in law... since Mary, mother of Jesus had no siblings..
@55:49 you show on the screen that Apostille John is the same person who wrote the Book of John and Revelations, but we know pretty concretely that John wasn't written until around 100 AD and didn't have singular author. How old do you think the guy was when writing this book?
Probably in his 90's
The three races thing is just a generalization. Like they're saying at a point when there was only so many ppl, that the separation eventually lead to 3 main types of peoples. But naturally over the course of millennia, these groups also spread out and mixed with each other to then create new bloodlines and new types of people, leading to the 100s of types we have today. It's not like Noah had one son who was black and one son who was white and an Asian but this point in history is so far back that when they spread out, geography and the conditions created different races.
I heard some where that white people are really only been a thing for 10k years or so , a lot of that was from diet and where they lived
Joseph of Arimathea may have been a relative of Mary, with members of the family, including Jesus, buried in one of two tombs in his property. The ossuaries are in a museum storeroom in Jerusalem. I wonder how adding clay to the skull of that Jesus would look.
Hey can you do the next video. Who would be the emir of Bukhara?
12:20 thats a stretch if i saw one.
Yup. Just a fun coincidence.
@@UsefulCharts very fun to think about though
Anyone else ever thought it was weird that adam and eve had a third son named seth and then you learn about the ancient egyptian god named set, who was often portrayed as dangerous or antagonistic? Was that done on purpose when the scrolls were written later on or just one of those weird coincidences?
@4:00 The extra names look like they have Mesopotamian influence, I wouldn't doubt if they were added from Babylonian myths. The story of Noah has roots from the Epic of Gilgamesh, with Utnapishtim, who scholars believe may be the basis.
I have sometimes heard it claimed that Jesus is the descendant of an ancestor produced by the congress of Lot and one of his daughters. So, according to this chart, this is not true?
One of His ancestors, Ruth, a moabite, descends from Lot. She married Boaz, an israelite. He was king David's Great grandfather.
Sarah was the daughter of Haran and sister of Lot. She was Abraham's niece.
God created more people besides Adam and Eve and it is explained that after Cain killed Abel God exiled Cain and put a seal on his forehead so that "anyone" comes across him or finds him they will not harm him. There shouldn't be anyone to harm Cain if there were no other people. This proves that God made other people and Seth their third son was not born yet
Why is zedekiah replaced with Zachariah in your timeline during second period temple?
That segment is from a video which still has the typo. The poster version is now correct.
not sure if you take requests but if you do, how about "who would be the shogun of japan today?"
@8:00 Lydia should be Lud.
How do you explain the genealogy in the 4. Th chapter of Ruth was prophesied in the 38 th chapter of Genesis on 49 letters intervals?
Hi, I'm an Italian student. Excellent work. Congratulations. I need some clarification regarding the dates of Kings... You put the start of Kingdoms of Judah and Israel 930 BCE... Do you take this reference from? Thiele, Galil, Albright... Anyway, I see a cronology that start this Kingdom 997 BCE. Isn't possible?? Thanks
There is so much information in this video my brain is literally exploding🤯
Well I know what I'm doing for the next hour and ten.
I counted them at 14:49 and there are ten of Jacobs sons in yellow
I could need you to answer me two questions. Do the word "all" mean nothing in the Exodus movement, or was it just a mistranslation. Like all the Egyptian animals keep getting destroyed over and over again, then all of the trees get destroyed, yet some remain. My first question is why?
Second question: Why was there a chosen people prior to Abraham? I thought the Jews were special because of the sacrifice Abraham made, so how and why was there still a chosen prior? Is it because of Cain and Seth? But didn't only Seth decentance made it through the flood? Was there a chosen because of the tower of babbal, did it happen because of the curse of the Canaanites?
Yes. Cain was "cursed" by God, so his descendants were also viewed the same way. Descendants of Seth, on the other hand, would have been viewed with favor, provided they were a moral person. That number was eventually only 8 people.
That said, any one else could have also been saved, regardless of their lineage, if they had listened to Noah.
@@kitfisto1827 Yes anybody could have been saved, but they wasn't. I love stories, I am an Anime junki, and I love cartoons, I get emotional from a good story. However when I read the biblical accounts there are always plot holes. Like how was Lot's daughters still virgins if they had husbands? Why is "All" miss used, I could excuse Eve being the mother of all living, because I know what the text meant by context, but I can't excuse the Exodus. It's as if they've exaggerated the story, because being a nation of farmers, having your live stock and field destroyed would be painful. So it's as if during the plagues that was the only plot they could rubbed in. I was talking about the chosen people after the flood, but before Abraham btw. Also why would God choose the Israelites just to abandon them for Christianity? I just don't get it. I am so regretful I've been so strictly following religion on the whole all m life. Not because of the plot holes, but because of Christianity. Because Christianity makes a paradox child's play with how confusing it is. I will read your responses and look into them.
@@kitfisto1827 So the tower of Babbal wasn't random? He give the children of Ham a language, and Seth another, then the other son decentance another language. Then he split them up based on the curse. When I was a Davidian, not Branch Davidian, I've read by our prophet the gentiles still had God names and titles in the original language and named their gods after them. That was the exclamation given to why the gentile gods have the same names as his titles and name in some cases. This also explains why some of the Canaanites nations were named after God. I don't believe none of that now, of course.
@famliy60
A lot of the old testament uses hyperbole and exaggeration that would have been common in story telling and language in the time of its writing.
For example in dueteronomy, joshua, and 1 samuel. And probably other places God calls upon His people to “utterly destroy” another people group or city. Sometimes going as far to say leave no man women, livestock, etc..
That doesn’t happen really though, like in the bible stories a lot of times the Israelites end up mingling with or marrying the canaanites they were told to destroy.
So wording like “utterly destroy” is likely a literary way for the writer to say “defeat them” with extra emphasis.
And to add to that, the old testament specifically was passed down primarily by spoken word until it was written in ancient Hebrew and then translated into ancient greek then translated a few more times to finally get to current english translations. So our understanding of the text is more complicated so we shouldn’t assume its literal with some of these stories.
TLDR: the context of and the time frame of the writing and literary tools being used needs to be taken into consideration when reading and examining these bible stories. As he briefly mentioned in the video The writers were likely more concerned about the theme and
The theology of these stories than the literal interpretation.
I hope that helps some, I pray that you continue to examine these stories. God wants you to find Him through His word and to chose Him by loving Him in. Obedience.
There are lots of resources and discussions on these topics all over youtube that I’m sure you could find if you look!
God bless you.
Just a thought...for the biblical composition timeline, would we want to put the chunks with alleged earlier authorships like the Song of Deborah, Song of the Sea etc 'earlier up' on the timeline closer to their supposedly more likely written timeperiod?
In the Zugot (pairs) period, the Nasi (president) was the head of "government," and the Av Beit Din (father of court) was the head of law and religion - not a vice president.
One correction so far because I’m still listening, Samuel was not of the tribe of Levi. He was of Ephraim. See 1 Samuel 1:1.
This channel can create Theoritical History of Mankind from A to Z all integrated
Why Terah not marked as Sarah's father?
Ahab was a king? I thought he was a whaling boat captain.
His first officer, Starbuck, went on to found a successful chain of coffee shops.
Why don’t you take NT books Mathew and Luke genealogy’ chronological order ?
I’m a descendent of David so this is like my family tree
Literally impossible as David didn't exist.
Can’t stop and correct each incorrect secular comment throughout the entire 1hr video
It’s good to see nepotism was just as prevalent.
Why does the chart not show that Abraham and Sarah are half-siblings? The family tree chart in your Timeline of the Bible book states that.
InspiringPhilosophy and Matt Baker combined in a dialogue on the bible would be epic!
Why is Tibni pronounced Tiffany?
why is there no genealogy of Japheths side?
Racism?
50:28 Sorry, Matt, but that argument is BS, Hebrew has and always had a word for cousin. Ok, not really a word, but a cousin is your uncle's son, so we literally call them "uncle's son"...
Not to mention that Greek has that distinction, and John the Baptist is not referred as a brother to Jesus, which would be needed for this theory to be true. The whole theory is an invention created to support Catholic dogma viewing sex as a sin while holding Mary to an aprocryphal standard.
Thanks for the sharing and let me share something with you too.
As I found using BCE to calculate the total number of years of the Old Testament not easy, I count it from Adam instead.
[Genesis chapter 5] ▶ [Genesis 6:5, 6:11-13, 6:17] ▶ [Genesis 7:11]
1st-10th: Adam(age 130 had begotten)➡2nd-Seth(105)➡3th-Enos(90)➡4th-Cainan(70)➡5th-Mahalaleel(65)➡6th-Jared(162)➡7th-Enoch(65)➡8th-Methuselah(187)➡9th-Lamech(182)➡10th-Noah(500) begat Shem(be blessed), Ham(firstborn), Japheth(youngest son)/Noah(600) the flood waters was upon the earth.
=1656 years
[Genesis chapter 11]
1656 years add(+)
11th-Shem(+2years after the flood)➡20th-Abram/Abraham
Abraham, 20th from Adam
=1948 years
(Coincidently, Israel declared Independence in 1948 A.D.)
[Genesis 21:5] ▶ [Genesis 25:26] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 47:9] ▶ [Exodus 12:36 & 12:41] fulfilled the word of God [Genesis 15:13-14] ▶ [1 Kings 6:1]
1948 years add(+)
Abraham(100)➡Isaac(60)➡Esau & Jacob ➡ Israel(130) ➡ the whole family, 70 members sojourned in Egypt(430)➡after the children of Israel coming out of the land of Egypt(480)➡Solomon began to build the house of the Lord.
=3148 years
[1 Kings & 2 Kings] ▶[2 Kings chapter 25]
3148 years add(+)
From Solomon(362) / (the house of David had reigned for 406 years)➡ By 586 BCE, much of Judah had been devastated.
The Old Testament = 4096 years in total
Hey i dont mean to be rude, but when you made the comparison between judiasm and Hinduism, you mentioned the constants, but in hebrew everything is a constant. No offence but you looked at it at a European mindset not an entomological mindset
+ he is most likely names avraham( as pronounced in hebrew) because he is av ha'am. Or in english the father of the nation
1:08:12...both genealogies belong to Joseph.. one is legal, the other biological... according to Eusebius ...or according to Augustine (Joseph was adapted).. two genealogies use different words: begotten vs son of... either way goal is to show that Joseph is from the line of David ..stump of Jesse..
What makes you think James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are not Jesus’s biological brothers? Or were you not considering that for the purpose of this family tree since it’s going off tradition?
I'd think so too, here are two reasons:
1. James brother of Jesus is assessed in extra-biblical sources, and methinks also in the Pauline epistles (tl;dr)...
2. The argument that they were cousins because "Hebrew didn't have a word for cousin" is BS. Hebrew has a term for cousin. Your cousin is your uncle's son, so Hebrew uses that phrase (mentioned thrice in the Bible) to refer to them...
@@adrianblake8876 Doesn't the Bible also tell us the John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin? So then James and the rest of them would also have been called cousins.