The Genesis Flood: Sources and Mesopotamian Background

Paul, I read your blog, so I came here expecting fun analysis rooted in solid scholarship, and I wasn't disappointed. But I have to say: the visuals and production values here are great! Usually when someone "branches out" into video, it takes some time to get up to speed with the medium, but this looks and sounds as professional as the writing! It really adds to the clarity and visual appeal of what you're saying. Well done.

This was good for a regular non scholar like myself to understand what I never really understood -but had vague confused wonderings about since Sunday school. Thank you

Came here from your appearance on MythVision. My goodness what an amazing video and what a GEM of a channel this is!!! Only thing that is sad is that this amazing video with its AMAZING editing and clear presented information only has 4K views. Instant like and subscription I hope more will do the same. Good day Paul.

The soundtrack adds a movie/anime feel to the already exciting nerdy adventure 😁—kudos😊

Awesome video and awesome channel. Cant wait for more!

Excellent video. Your style is easy to follow. Thank you for your work

First episode shows this channel has a promising future, glad to be here from the begining.

Hi, thanks for putting together this video it was very clear and informative. I was surprised you didn't mention Friedman's book "The Bible with Sources Revealed" that introduces and translates the Torah with the sources color-coded. It's really useful for further exploring this understanding of the text.

Brilliant!! Commenting for the algorithm

Sent by Mythvision. I shall be binge watching the rest of the videos.

I love your blog, so I'm thrilled to subscribe to this.

very well done!

Very informative video.

Kudos. I used to say I believe in a Supplementary—NOT documentary—hypothesis—but your video makes it looks like it might be a distinction without far too many material differences. I'll however maintain that the non-P source account wasn't pre-Exilic—as the older Documentary theories claim—but was one stream from a common Mesopotamian source. Studying Michael Heiser's literature on the Flood & Gen 6: 1–4 has revealed that Enochic pseudigraphia & the book of Jubilees (together with Gen 6) are 3 independent Jewish takes on the same-type of Jewish revisionist inversion of Mesopotamian peri-diluvian plotlines. My point is that I'm willing to believe the "J" and P sources are an analogous example of multiple streams of the same Jewish-Revisionist/supercessionist reimagining of Mesopotamian theology. The difference between Divine names may be more of a stylistic incidental choice—without theological intent—that much weight shouldn't be placed on. Similar caution with "theological interests/problems"—it is likely just be an incidental feature that Yahweh happens to have less frequent raw-emotional/anthropomorphic actions in Priestly. Rabbinic & Early-Medieval Judaism still retained a very-much embodied & anthropomorphic God—therefore assigning such theological evolution to P is illogical

This is great!

this is fantastic keep up the good work!

You're wonderful!! You cut out the prejudiced anti-religion vitriol of Mythvision & go straight for the meat of hard data. It was interesting to learn about the Adam–Utnapishtim connection. What's more, you study more meticulously with far more reasonable opinions than Gnostic informant & other non-scholar YouTubers (becoming more & more difficult to distinguish you from a real scholar)

Help pleeeeeeease!! So when you compared the J and P source through Gensis 6:8-9 it is yahweh in verse 8 and Elohim in verse 9. But in every translation of the bible that I took a look on my app it does not use these 2 names. It instead uses the term Lord in verse 8 and God in verse 9. What translation of the bible can I read to see what you are reading in the video?

Is there an English bible translation youd recommend? One that would use "yahweh" or "elohim" as opposed to "god" or "lord"

Ahem. re: 12:08, MT Gen 6:6 uses "ba-Arets" not "ha-adamah."