The Hidden History of Yahweh: What Archaeology Reveals!

Dr. Gad Barnea is not your typical Bible scholar-he’s reshaping how we view ancient Judaism and the Hebrew Bible, tackling one of its core assumptions: that Moses and his story are older than the 4th century BCE. As a Lecturer in Jewish History and Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa and a Research Fellow at the École biblique et archéologique Française, Dr. Barnea focuses on Yahwism under the “Iranian Age of Empires,” exploring how Persian rule and Zoroastrianism likely shaped early Judaism, suggesting the Moses narrative may have emerged far later than commonly thought.
Beyond texts, Barnea has uncovered a groundbreaking ostracon from Elephantine, the earliest known Jewish curse text, and evidence of a Jewish priestess-a revelation about ancient Jewish rituals. He’s also restored a Qumran scroll (4Q550) containing a forgotten Achaemenid court tale, set to release with Brill, and co-edits a book on “Yahwism under the Achaemenid Empire.”
With years of tech experience, Barnea is also advancing Digital Humanities, making biblical studies accessible and transforming how we understand figures like Moses in light of hellenistic influences.overing a history that reshapes our understanding of the Bible and Moses himself.
Dr. Gad Barnea links
Academia - haifa.academia...
His new book free open access - www.degruyter....
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00:00:01 - Welcome and Introduction: Derrick Lambert introduces Dr. Gad Bara and sets the stage for the discussion on Yahwism and ancient Judean practices.
00:00:30 - Defining Yahwism: Dr. Bara explains Yahwism as the worship of Yahweh without unique commandments or practices.
00:02:15 - Parallels with Egyptian Deities: Exploration of Yahweh's assimilation with the Egyptian god Khnum.
00:04:45 - Creation Narratives: Discussion of Yahweh’s role as a creator deity compared to other ancient gods.
00:10:30 - Persian Period Yahwism Practices: Insights into sacrifices, priestly roles, and evidence from Elephantine.
00:16:20 - Female Priests in Yahwism: Discovery of a Yahwistic priestess and her role in the temple.
00:22:50 - Representations of Yahweh: Pictographic depictions, including Yahweh as a lion with divine symbolism.
00:30:10 - Hellenistic Influence on Yahwism: How the Alexandrian Library and Hellenistic practices influenced religious texts and Yahwism.
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[@BrotherM-co3tj]

For me, this discussion with Gad Barnea is one of the more interesting videos you've created. His perspective on Yahwism, as a diverse phenomenon that includes other forms of Yahweh worship that we don't appreciate from reading just the Bible or Josephus, helps us to understand the amazing richness and complexity of religious and philosophical thought during that era.

[@ChokeArtist411]

I don’t understand how this comment can be from 13 days ago, but the video was uploaded under 10 minutes ago…

[@shannonkey9926]

Whoa yeah wtf is up w that?😮 ​@ChokeArtist411

[@ObvsCam93]

​@@ChokeArtist411 that's a very good point 😂

[@ryanthomson8521]

@@ChokeArtist411 I have an idea but normies of this channel wont like the answer.

[@ChokeArtist411]

@ you can still say what the idea is…

[@gloifti]

Great, groundbreaking stuff! Congrats to Mythvision for extending the range of possibilities for the study of ancient religion (and its modern implications)!

[@willmosse3684]

Are you going to get Gad and Kipp on an episode together to discuss their different methodologies and reasons for thinking Biblical traditions date to their preferred timelines? Maybe with Jonathan Adler too? It would be super interesting.

[@Tara-Maya]

Great topic, great video, look forward to reading Barnea's work.

[@clubadv]

Yahwism origin is so fascinating as an example of how these gods "evolve"

[@DebPercy]

Thank you. Fascinating. I always love listening to this guest.

[@Jumpoable]

Thank you for your incredible service to this world, Dr Barnea & Derek.

[@alnycss2000]

What world? The satanists?

[@robdavinroy1761]

Would Derrick dare setup a debate with Gad and Tovia? That would be one for the ages.

[@wyspowillow4219]

Great discussion, but what Gad was doing with his glasses the whole time was just *diabolical*. 😂

[@dougwulf6684]

Thanks!

[@garys1495]

Thanks Derek, been following Gad's wonderful work for some time now. Not sure if possible but it would be amazing to see a Reinhardt Kratz interview.

[@RealPumpkinJay]

1:14:54 In this context as a German-born (and raised) American, the concept of swallowing hard pills is very much alive for me. Othering and dehumanising is what lies at the basis of hatred and defamation.

[@KoryKroy]

Yes, but it is a two way street. Your German ancestors from the 20th Century that got swept up in the "WW2 National Socialist" movement were REACTING to prejudice and oppression from the very Judaic residents they later targeted. Prejudice or racism is always REACTIONARY at its core. No child on Earth is born with "inherited racism" but rather it is developed via REACTING to an external source (of a collective people or organization) causing harm or an oppressive environment. Don't hate your genes nor your heritage, but rather understand your ancestors were REACTING to decades of harm and an oppressive environment thrust upon them. Research "Edom" and "Esau" as it relates to European Caucasians. There is an ancient "source" to why these racist and prejudiced REACTIONS keep occurring in an endless spiral of REACTIONARY violence. Take care.

[@Amandadogmother]

Really enjoyed this one.

[@TupacMakaveli1996]

1:19:20: so true. It's even happening today. Going to shrines, spiritual healing, all these things are still common today, very apparent in south eastern societies.

[@deojoandco]

When can I know a guest is coming live with advance notice? I really want to ask Dr. Barnea a question. I tried emailing him but there was no response.

[@smillstill]

Yeah. Even when they say you can write them to get an answer they usually don’t answer. Wouter Hanegraaff and Daniel Ogden did both respond, which was totally amazing of them.

[@mohamedakachat3737]

Simply Excellent , keep up the good work.

[@NoWay1969]

Every religion depicts every other religion as being heinously immoral. It's just inherent in religion.

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

It's nothing different from negative political rhetoric. Calling someone, 'You are Nazis, you are commie'

[@amuthi1]

That's not true for pagan religions. No religiously motivated wars fought by them.

[@NoWay1969]

@ "Pagan" can mean a lot of different things, but when all the religions that I know of thrived, they all fought religiously motivated wars. We might be able to say that, oh, Scientologists haven't fought religiously motivated wars, but give them time. If they're around long enough, they will.

[@amuthi1]

@@NoWay1969 So name some inter-pagan wars fought for religious reasons, please, as you claim you know some religions.

[@angelinamock7855]

​@@amuthi1The premise of your argument is extremely broad. The word Pagan is a vague term. You could be considered "pagan" for simply not recognizing a formal religion or worshiping more than one god. Throughout history there are many instances of pagans using religion to justify war. All you have to do is look at the Roman Empire. They use their religion as a justification for imperialism by way of waging war. Look at the Roman religious ritual evocatio. "Essentially, a Roman general or magistrate would ask the patron deity of a foreign city to defect from its current home to enjoy a superior quality of worship at Rome. This was typically carried out before the Romans began a siege of a hostile city and if the city then fell then this was interpreted as the god expressing its approval to be moved to Rome. This transference was both spiritual and physical as any surviving statues of the deity found in the besieged city would be moved to Rome. "

[@BLG80]

Great video, but where is the Ammon hillman debunking video?

[@willmosse3684]

Do we really need any more of those? Shouldn’t we be moving past this Ammon Hillman distraction by now?

[@BLG80]

@willmosse3684 well it's Derek making the videos, that uncover additional evidence of the hillman cult, as well as an analysis of argument regarding the garden at night situation. I like to think all people can be immunised to a degree against cultish groups, social media gurus and the like. Would you rather time spent on q material?

[@Romulus12002]

Hillman has done a 2nd video with Danny Jones to be released any day now.

[@zeptepi36400BC]

Thank you for the honest archaeological evidence in presenting the facts about the TANAKH

[@danielhopkins296]

The amount of relevant omissions is striking. He mentions the sudden revision of Khnum around the Persian period but fails to mention Khnum was merged with Ptah at that time and that the Shabaka Stone claims pharaoh Shebaka found the long lost doctrine of Ptah (Buddha). Cyrus is a namesake of the Indian Kurus as the name Codomannus (Sans. Gautaman, a variant of Gautama) is found in the family of Cyrus. Cambyses is a namesake of the Kambojas who the Buddhist converted during the reign of Cyrus. The HAXAMANIS of the Behistun inscription is a rendering of SHAKYAMUNIS as Pahlavi H is Sanskrit S ( haumo / soma)

[@solomonessix6909]

The Egyptian lion motif can be found in Homer and the Bible. The term “Like a lion…” appears.

[@cruzefrank]

In The Iliad or The Odyssey?

[@ELC-h9b]

I just have one question. Have you cleared everything he says with 10 anonymous greek scholars and Kipp?

[@willmosse3684]

He has discussed it with Kipp for sure. Kipp and Gad don’t see eye to eye, but they aren’t a million miles apart either. It would be great to get them on together to discuss their respective positions.

[@jorgeliceaga7460]

YHWH is described as anthropomorphic from the beginning in Genesis 2.

[@octurn]

Putting your name on an arrow ensures that the arrow with "your name on it" will never be fired at you. Sun Tzu "The Art of War"

[@suelingsusu1339]

If YHWH is a myth evolved in Alexandria and other places over centuries of time... what exactly does the word "Jewish" mean???

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

The deity actually existed before 4 th century B.C. Most popular theory is Egyptian mentioned on a script called Yahweh of Shasu(nowaday Jordan region). I personally thought Yahweh came from the deity Yam cause associated with Rotan and Leviathan. Like Yam- yamu-yahu pronunciation changes over time but I can't prove it.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Well, YHWH predates Alexandria by at least a millennium. What Gad is saying is that the current mythology we NOW have of him (meaning the Bible) was heavily influenced by things happening in Alexandria. To him and Jonatan Adler (and actually the majority of Israeli historians) "Jewish" technically means the culture and the people that abide by the general norms and ideas of what is now considered "Judaism". He further defines "Judaism" as the cultural milieu surrounding YHWH-worship with the various commandments and rules contained in the Torah. It should be noted that Gad is also of the opinion that this definition is more reliant on the Torah than on the rest of the Tanakh because there are books in the Tanakh that not all branches of "Judaism" agree on and there are books that many did agree on that aren't in the Tanakh. While he doesn't state this outright, Gad thinks the Septuagint was originally more authoritative for the majority of Jews than the Masoretic, so the deletion of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon is actually a sectarian reduction.

[@suelingsusu1339]

@ ... so a "Jew" is one who worships YHWH... right?

[@andrewsuryali8540]

@ Well, no. A "Jew" in the modern Israeli scholarly technical view is one who worships YHWH in accordance with the laws of the Torah. This definition automatically precludes the Elephantine Judaeans, the Persian-era denizens of Jerusalem, Ezra, Nehemiah, the people exiled to Babylon, all the prophets, all the kings, priests, and people of Judah and Israel, the non-Judaean Iao worshippers in Egypt, Gaul, Spain, and other regions of the Roman Empire, the gnostics (who Gad thinks started as an offshoot of Yahwism before they became Christians), and of course all of Christianity who technically still worship YHWH. Those are all Yahwists but not "Jews".

[@suelingsusu1339]

@@andrewsuryali8540 ... so it is a religion and not a race... right?

[@FuddlyDud]

Gotta say, it’s a bit funny seeing this video pop up at 666 views from 42 minutes ago. :P

[@willmosse3684]

When he says Aristo, he’s talking about Aristotle right? If so, it might be helpful to clarify that next time you are talking to him. Great interview. Cheers

[@andrewsuryali8540]

No, he is talking about Ariston of Chios, the master of Erastothenes, the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria. Ariston was a stoic philosopher who developed the critical mode of thinking and evaluation of ideas that Erastothenes later used to, for example, calculate the circumference of the Earth.

[@willmosse3684]

@@andrewsuryali8540I don’t think he is talking about Ariston of Chios, because he said the idea of a city like Alexandria was created by Aristo and his student Theofrastus. According to a quick google, Theofrastus was a student of Aristotle, who took over Aristotle’s Lyceum after Aristotle died. He also said Aristo never got to see it realised, never actually got to see Alexandria. It wouldn’t make sense to say that of someone who was a librarian of the Library of Alexandria. It also makes sense that he is talking about Aristotle because Aristotle was the teacher of Alexander the Great, and Alexandria was constructed on orders from Alexander. So, I think the Dr is talking about Aristotle. All this said, the fact that there are these different possibilities only demonstrates further that it would be useful to clarify exactly who he is talking about using the standard English terminology. My guess is that “Aristo” is what they call Aristotle in modern Hebrew in Israel, but I could be wrong about that.

[@andrewsuryali8540]

@willmosse3684 I think you're misunderstanding the relationships. He isn't saying Theofrastus was a student of Ariston, but that the Library came about from the visions of the two men, and that BOTH never got to see their visions come to fruition. That's because the Library was founded on the works of the two men's students. Demetrius of Phalerum, the student of Theofrastus, was the founder of the Library (or in any case the guy who convinced Ptolemy to build it), while Erastothenes the student of Ariston was its first librarian. The idea of critical evaluation of texts mentioned has to do with Ariston's approach that Erastothenes implemented. Aristotle was more into writing new stuff and "grounding" Plato.

[@willmosse3684]

@@andrewsuryali8540 Okay, fair enough. Well, it would be beneficial if they explained who this person actually was, rather than just saying Aristo as if we all know who that is. I am aware that I am displaying my own ignorance here, but still, this is for a general audience, so a brief explanation would be helpful.

[@greg.kasarik]

So within the context of Yahwaism, the Samaritans would be perhaps the last surviving cult, with exception of Judaism itself?

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Not really. The Samaritan Israelites of today follow Judaism. It's their own version of Judaism, but it falls under the general grouping. The Samaritan traditions are closer to Sephardic Judaism than it is to either Orthodox (meaning Ashkenazi) Judaism or breakaway sects of Judaism like the Qaraites.

[@Aspeer1971]

Could it be that the prohibition on uttering the name of (god) arises from the multitude of Caananite gods that were originally independent but over time became in effect interchangeable (El, Ywh, Baal, etc) and the prohibition was in effect an effort to get all separate cults to merge into a single one under the influence of a single priestly caste? Kinda like prohiting us from saying Toyota, Ford, or Volkswagen and insisting that from this point on we can only say “Car”.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

You're right. We have to be more educated about history and about other people and their ways, respectfully. BUT EQUALLY. Without special pleading. Again ... Culture Is Not HOLY ... Everything is connected.

[@PlanetDeLaTourette]

Escapism. Sometimes I choose it.

[@Tiger-One]

There's an archaeological site in Arabia that the Saudis have fenced off, where the actual site of Mt Sinai is located. There are altar- like stones with Paleo Hebrew markings on them. And other interesting artifacts.

[@suelingsusu1339]

What is a "paleo-Hebrew" marking... you mean Phoenician script? And "altars"... isn't that what all religions had everywhere throughout history???

[@Sharylsharp2148]

Solomon Temple was built on top of megalithic ancient massive stones, extremely precision cut, built by earth cousins from much earlier era. Same story for builders of pyramids. No Egyptian hands built those. They simply scratched those primitive pictures on walls to claim their God is bigger than your god. All fear is fear of death, bottom line.

[@alexanderapotheosis7696]

Gad is probably right. If you're a Christian, why would you find this offensive? Jesus is highly critical of the Judaism of his day. Also, he's saying IAOism. He's pronouncing it correctly.

[@humbleopulence]

But what about the Shasu of YhWh reference over a thousand years before Judaism officially appeared according to Yonatan Adler

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

Perhaps an old deity usually worshipped in Judea and Jordan but not really in Northern Israel. He wasn't the sole deity worshipped in these regions for sure.

[@humbleopulence]

@dennythedavinchi3832 I'm not saying he was, simply that the people we today call Jews in originated from people who believe in the same God, YHWH. And these people were, partially (and minimally) slaves in Egypt (of this we have plenty of evidence just not of a LARGE slave settlement in Egypt) who then moved to Judea and mixed their beliefs with those of the Canaanites, who also had a YHWH, so the angle that Judea was their ancestral homeland ALSO turns out to be true because, where did YHWH come from to the Shasu (a word which means cattle herders which the Israelites by and large were) Wherever they originated from before being enslaved in Egypt.... And then they, you know, slowly but surely converted everyone by force ... As one does

[@javajava8856]

​@@humbleopulenceDNA testing proves that ancient Judeans and Israelites are genetically indistinguishable from ancient Canaanites. They were simply subsets of the Canaanite population.

[@humbleopulence]

@javajava8856 we are saying the same thing....

[@Machine9000]

40:30. "People were obsessed with texts" -Gad Barnea Thats an interesting statement! Kind of like we are today with technology. Wheres the new iphone? Wheres the new text? Fascinating! Typical Human behavior

[@loneranger4616]

In The Summerian texts it is suggested that Enki-Posieden and Yah-Way-Zeus can step in and out of Matter body and Shape Shift

[@andrewsuryali8540]

@@loneranger4616 Enki's cognate is Ea, who is cognate with El, who is to the Greeks cognate with Zeus' daddy Cronus (the Titan, not Chronos the god of time). That was how the Greeks actually syncretized this deity when they encountered him in their dealings with the Phoenicians. The idea that Enki was cognate with Poseidon is a modern idea based on the findings of modern Assyriologists because we now know Enki was god of the waters under the earth in the original Sumerian myth. However, the Greeks of the Classical and Hellenistic era didn't know this. They knew nothing of the Sumerian myths outside of some remnant divine names. Yahweh has no Greek cognate because they probably just imported him wholesale as Iao.

[@The_Raven_River]

To not recognize the continuity between persian/roman mithra/mithras is a fundamental lack of understanding of the actual mystery material itself that those schools pertained to. Its the equivalent of asking a dude that went to Sunday school a couple times for an academic opinion. I respect Barnea but certainly differ with him there. Ulansey maintains that opinion as well and it's such a hindrance to research and understanding.

[@Machine9000]

Don't forget Indian. Mitra . All Aryan

[@alexanderapotheosis7696]

Pure ball busting! Gad studies that stuff for a living. He is a Zoroastrian scholar too. The truth is there is very little beyond a nominal connection between Persian Mitra and Roman Mitras.

[@9ja9ite]

Stopping a few minutes in - something just popped out at me I felt compelled to mention to Derek. This is totally coming from a place of a friend who wants you to have the utmost success so please take it constructively ❤ - Derek you look like you’re wearing your pajamas. This is strictly about channel presentation and branding. Your guest is looking sharp and has come to talk real academic research and you look like you just got out of bed. You’ve heard the saying “dress for the job you want”, right? It may seem pedantic but my background is in video and film production and I’ve spent a long time studying how every part of the “shot” is perceived. How to craft a shot to tell a story and the story you’re telling is you don’t respect your guest, audience or topic enough to put on a jacket. Forgive me if that’s harsh but a true friend tells when you have spinach in your teeth before you talk to the cutie at the bar. I know how passionate you are about this work so I’m not questioning your intention. It’s just food for thought. You are talking about serious historical and archeological research and you want your audience or “new” audience to trust your presentation so you have to as the presenter not look like the guy podcasting in his basement. People are funny and will have biases for things they didn’t even realize. It’s not a typical thing most podcasters or YT’Rs think of when they don’t have a production background but you need a wardrobe department. The wife is usually a good place to start 😂. Since you have multiple types of videos you do, IE - interviews, responses , podcasts with Neal, I’d recommend setting some rules and style for each type of video. Not all have to be formal but for interviews with scholars I’d say go a bit more professorial. Set some rules for types of clothes to wear for each type but in none of them should you wear sweat pants. 😮…😂😂. That’s my two cents for now. You don’t have to take it of course but I do hope it’s something you consider for a moment 😁🤙

[@RAW-With-JESUS]

U wasted all your time writing that 😂

[@9ja9ite]

@ Yeah you’re probably right, but I need something to keep me busy in the Loo. 🤷‍♂️

[@LOKa-bg6qn]

A very interesting interview but on dear interviewer, you could at least let the guest finish his strand of thought ....

[@elpidiogonzalez8193]

Once you see the connection between Psalm 104 and the Hymn of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, then you realize Yahweh is his deity. That implies the Egyptian connection and use of Adon(Adonay) in Canaan by Jebusites and others like Adonibezek,...

[@whogirl104]

You don’t have to fight the theists. If they are looking at things like this they will eventually come around just as many have before

[@mdeadz1980]

Loose connection.. but hear me out...going upon hearing the sundisk above the lion head on the coin im taken back to something hancock has proposed based on the procession of the constellation LEO that lines up to the head of the sphinx 11,600 years ago. And that the head of the sphinx may have originally been that of a lion. Who knows?

[@kybalionist]

Abraham never heard of Yahweh

[@rennyskiathitis8178]

The first name of God in the Old Testament is not YHVH but Elohim. Not sure why people fixate on the one name for Hod when their are many in the Old Testament when you read it in the Hebrew.

[@MBEG89]

I think the authors were intentionally conveying that out of all the gods, yahweh is yours. Effectively assigning a sports team to a region which was standard practice at the time(a god for every peoples)

[@eximusic]

Archaeology dug up Yahweh's bones?

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

????: How do we know they are his bones? Does he have bones?

[@eximusic]

@@dennythedavinchi3832 oh yeah, Yahweh's got bone alright. How do you think he sat on that throne? Can't just be a blob on a chair.

[@Anthony-ds6vl]

​@eximusic Perplexity called you a liar. Wheres your source?

[@eximusic]

@@Anthony-ds6vl "Where's" has an apostrophe, as it's short for "where is". Try to remember that.

[@Anthony-ds6vl]

@@eximusic still waiting on that source, liar 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@solomonessix6909]

Heron of Alexandria was the inventor responsible for creating the mechanisms that appear indistinguishable from the magic of the gods to the masses. This place had to be the spiritual equivalent to Disney World; a money pit of tithes and offerings.

[@mariovillarreal8647]

All you need is to read Deuteronomy 32verses8-9 Original Dead Sea Scrolls, scroll 4Q44!!

[@Anthony-ds6vl]

Wasn't Yahweh a warrior god, who ancient Israelites deemed as the one and only God, who took on the attributes of other gods such as El who was the loving and fatherly type described in the Bible.

[@jamesgrosrenaudjr812]

Were sacrifices just community bbq with a spiritual aspect. From what I’ve read it doesn’t sound like the meat went to waste .

[@sangyoonlee8836]

Wherr is the truth??? You are misleading. Try to comw up with a better title for your content.

[@danlee9293]

It's not the truth, what you are doing is suggesting a narrative. There is a clear difference. Please be in balance. How could you possibly criticize others when you commit the same mistake?

[@TheDeadlyDan]

[@peterhook2258]

This guy Derek ..and Neil...they really need...hey do this. Write a book. Now do not attack "religion" but instead attack "literalism" and then show the majesty of the Abrahamic faiths in a new way. Show how they synthesize and "grow" as human understanding does and are still doing today. Show the transition of many different gods and how humanity is moving more toward "the most high" whom is universal and how "a guy" represents him to humanity. Show how the "gods" become more and more perfect until "a guy" whom represents perfection teaches the "universal faith". do that....what a great book imo. Peace.

[@susanburns1089]

Why don’t you do that?

[@solomonessix6909]

The lion with the Sun disc on top appears to correlate with the early sphinx which was said to be a whole lion before the head was reworked to depict an Egyptian. Furthermore, the sphinx’s head would align with the Sun at certain times of the year. Full disclosure: I believe my source is Graham Hancock.

[@britanikothegreat8513]

Isaiah 14:12. Why do you want to go back to heaven at Ano ang gagawin mo doon?!. Acts 17:31. 2Peter 3:8-9. Warning. Psalms 44:21.

[@youtubebane7036]

Ishtar or Astart. And all triads and Trinity represent duality and time and reality. You ave a yin and you have a yang. You also have the whole yin yang that's the realitive third in the Trinity while the third part is its own thing in a triad. The first is like the sum of two numbers added together and the third part would be both the numbers but it would still be those numbers where is the other example the Triad is like having a child and the mother and father are the creators of the child they built the child but the child is not them that's an absolute. This is one of the fundamental facts about reality that died all things including mathematics physics Paradox everything you can think of including God itself. I have a complete theory that is almost finished that I'm working on except I'm not a mathematician or a physicist so I can't get anyone to listen

[@PennyKafrir]

🤯 “Yahood” , “Yehooda” , “Judea” , the word “Jews” was mentioned about a thousand times by him, everything and anything that was written and still practiced by the Jewish people was talked about and STILL this self-hatred “Dr” is calling the land “Palestine” !! Hey dude, if you knew a thing or two, instead of confessing the listeners with your self hate, you would have told them that EVEN the word “Palestine” is a Hebrew word, from the Hebrew bible! Coming from the word “palash” (פלש) - which means “to invade”. It came from the Israelites in the Hebrew Bible calling a nation that invaded the biblical Israel with the name “Plishtim“ (they basically called them “the invaders“) Only when the Romans conquered that same land again from the Jews, they renamed the land Palestina to mock the Jews by renaming their land on their biblical enemy’s name. Palestina is the Latin word for the Bible name “Plishtim“. And then you keep on going to talk about Islamophobia… Of course you did! What else can a lefty self hating Jew could possibly do when he’s in front of an audience??? Definitely not talk about antisemitism for example! Pathetic! In general, great topic but I’ll go learn our history from someone else, less biased!

[@Adamantios-Alian]

this is the same expert that said there is "jewish greek" LOL

[@LPRH246]

pass the parcel

[@solomonessix6909]

Is it possible that Mithras was reserved for military men only, while, per Celsus, Christianity was reserved for the remaining segments of the population: women, children and slaves?

[@JusticeIsALie]

Why does he interchange Yahwists & Jews when he acknowledges the branches from proto-Yahwism goes in many directions ? My understanding from Judaism is the 12 tribes come from Jacob. One of those tribes descend from Judah from which Jews get their name. Separately, in the Kingdom of Judah, there were multiple tribe descendants living there, not just those of Judah, when the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed. So why is Gad mixing all these things together

[@henryschmit3340]

"The truth about..." Coming from a channel that has no clue what the truth is.

[@danlee9293]

Exactly, when a narrative is promoted as the truth, it's dangerous for those who can't think critically.

[@StevenBeeney-b5t]

How will this change Christian scholars views? Not at all. Their egos and jobs depend on repeating what they learned in Sunday school. Anything that threatens that cult is of the devil.

[@Nkosi766]

The crazzzzz are in the comment section early

[@JeffinBville]

If you could speak less and allow your guests to speak more, these videos would be better and more informative.

[@MKc-dv8xt]

Burn ... Lol

[@JeffinBville]

@@MKc-dv8xt Burn? Not at all. I tune in to listen to the guest, not the host redirect the conversation time and again. When you host something it's easy to direct the discussion but, much, much harder to let the guest take it where they want.

[@jenathent4840]

It would go on forever and be boring

[@JeffinBville]

@@jenathent4840 See, that's where the skill comes in being an interviewer. But NOT taking over the conversation is Interviewing 101. This isn't a political news interview where guiding the guest to actually answer questions is expected. This is an academic discussion with a guest brought on specifically for their POV. Let them explore it without interruption.

[@britanikothegreat8513]

May daan na tila matuwid sa mga tao anghel o diyos ngunit Banal na katanungan at Banal na pagsubok ang nasa dulo nito. Kawikaan 16:25. Hebreo 4:12. 1Corinto 15:34.

[@ArchlyHustle]

To debunk christianiy you havd to debunk three of four gods at the same time. Abraham never heard of YHWH

[@alnycss2000]

Babbling foos !!!

[@jw4659]

A potters wheel has no relation to anything.

[@jonstaley-q5p]

John Yohanan 3:17 says, "For (O Yahuah Yahudah Yirah) did not send his Egyptian Pharaoh Son (Messiah) General Yahusha/Joshua Ha Moshiach Simon Justus Arshakuni Bar Giora Izates Mono Bazus II : The Supreme Sovereign Of The Yahudim into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. John Yohanan 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them my Turah disciples in YOUR name ABBA father (YAH). Those whom you have given me I have kept gaurded them, None of them is lost. John Yohanan 5:43“ If another comes in his own greek demon name Jesus, him you will receive.

[@alpierre2373]

No greeks, Romans, Egyptian, Babylonians, Samaritans, Hinduism, even mention the Hebrew god. Lol. 😅

[@Anthony-ds6vl]

Yahweh was believed to be an offspring of El

[@alpierre2373]

@Anthony-ds6vl I heard that also, aka baal. but also read he was a desert deity. But I will be trying to get more info on how he was made to be the Hebrew god that Moses created. Yeah he told Moses to get his people out of Egypt but how did Moses really know he was being told to do so by the real god and not jus a demonic entity or deity

[@Anthony-ds6vl]

@alpierre2373 I read or heard that because they were outcasts they used Yahweh and believed he was watching over them.

[@truthbetold543]

Please look at Stargate the movie, these frog looking creatures are in leadership, giants, shapeshifters, small, no more…I have enough of them because I know what they do!👀👀👀💪🏽

[@MeMyselfandAlice-p3q]

Stargate has frog like creatures? How did i miss that

[@Dan-friend.of.the.forest]

I say it's Yahweh or the highway!

[@jessicabosco3009]

They all were probably doing those awful things

[@alpierre2373]

Yahwizm is not mythical? Why not? In who's eyes can claim it's truth but the Hebrews? No other race or religion have encountered that god. There is no proof that he was superior to other gods other than what the Hebrew scriptures claim. Awww

[@teamcarib2707]

I'm sort of like an atheist but I will say this if those gods were real yahweh won ijs

[@עמיחיאלימלך-כ8ל]

Yehowa is real!

[@Kluiin980]

No ifs

[@LawrenceMorgan-u5y]

Yahweh is a mistranslation when you never translate a name you transliterate it so it sounds the same the same AH after the Y is at the end the real Name is YaHUaH. HalleluYaHUaH!

[@sirfrozsomji3984]

-Yahu or Yahowa is also part of everyday Arabic speech and means - He is. Originally from the land of Midian - Saudi Arabia

[@hussaindaud1260]

That is just the pronoun Hu/Huwa هو

[@mr.cosmos5199]

These so called experts often forget the truth of the vast numbers of people who daily are experiencing Yahweh.😅

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

Have you? I don't. Perhaps he is Monad.

[@botarakutabi1199]

How do you know it's true that those people are actually experiencing Yahweh? How do you know they aren't mistaken? That it's some kind of mental trick inspired by their religion?

[@jdale1785]

Hold on hold on hold on. Did he stay Palestine ?!? Nah this guy is a total joke. Talk about something that is not real.

[@MandyMoorehol]

🐶 🐶 🐶

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

Christ is here and now and then Yow or whatever 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@terryulmer969]

The One True Creator G_d gave specific details to the Hebrew prophets about when the Real Messiach comes. No One! Especially the so-called "Jesus" has fulfilled any of them yet! 1. When the Real Messiach comes, he will be a normal man from the line of David through Solomon and will sit on the throne of David and rule from there forever. *Obviously, that hasn't happened yet! 2. When the Real Messiach comes, it will be at the End of Days. * Obviously, back then was not the End of Days! 3. When the Real Messiach comes, the Temple will be rebuilt never to be destroyed again, and The Messiach will start the animal sacrifices in the Temple again. * The opposite happened back then! The very fact that the Temple isn't standing proves that the so-called "Jesus" is Not The Messiach! 4. When the Real Messiach comes, Everyone around the world (including atheist) will know that he is The Messiach! * We KNOW that the so-called "Jesus" is Not The Messiach! 5. When the Real Messiach comes, death will cease to exist. * Obviously, that hasn't happened yet either because so many people are still getting sick and dying. 6. When the Real Messiach comes, there will be World Peace and weapons of war will be rebuilt into farming implements. * We're still waiting for that one!!! 7. When the Real Messiach comes, Everyone around the world, from every language, will grab the Jews and say "Now we know that we have inherited only lies and G_d has been with you Jews all along. Please 🙏 take us with you!" * We're still waiting for that one, too!!! No where in the Torah/Tanach does it ever say that the Messiach will keep failing and have to come back again and again. According to Christianity, the so-called "Jesus" already came back a second time, but he still never fulfilled any of those Prophecies about the Real Messiach. So now Christians are waiting for a third coming. Christianity strikes out again!

[@El-Buddah]

King Cyrus was labeled the Messiah before Jesus was. Is that who your talking about.

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

@ The Son of Man 👨

[@germanboy14]

​@@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx Cyrus is the Jewish Messiah.❤

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

@ Perhaps but there can only be one Highlander ☝️

[@leandrohenrique8503]

Derek, I don't know if you have ever seen any material from Mauro Biglino or if you have any strong opinion on his line of thought on these biblical matters, but recently he posted a video with Gian Matteo Corrias reporting on their research on the occurrence of Yahweh name found on Sardegna (Italy). Maybe you can tie something together about this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYq4inmmrr1gjrc

[@terryulmer969]

First Nations know that the One True Creator G_d wrote the Torah before Creation. The One True Creator G_d encoded the Torah/Tanach, The Hebrew letters, and the Hebrew language, so there is much hidden in the plain sight. Hebrew is the Sacred language, and the Torah is the Book of Life and the Blueprint of Creation. The 613 Mitzvahs are only for the Jews. Before that, there are the 7 Noahide Laws. They are rules for everyone. Christianity and English keep mistranslating so much, and then they totally misunderstand what they mistranslated and corrupted.

[@botarakutabi1199]

How do you know, "the One True Creator G_d wrote the Torah before Creation"? How do you know there was a "creation" with a creator? How do you know Hebrew is sacred? What makes it sacred? How do you know the torah is, "the Book of Life and the Blueprint of Creation"?

[@h.thomasyates5738]

Yaweh is the god of his chosen people. But not the previously unknown God of love, grace and forgiveness, Jesus came to tell us about and be the model for us to follow for. Jesus himself said to judge a tree by its fruit. Use that litmus to compare and contrast yaweh to what Jesus taught in the first bible, the testamentum-1 gospel (Paul's gospel of the Lord), with his original 7-10 epistles, not the pastorals, and not the "acts". Pure Christianity for the gentile's was to be instructed by Paul and Barnabas. Simon(Peter) & James were to minister to the circumcision, the Jews.

[@angbry8305]

I've heard that the Basque language is older. I'm still looking into that

[@terryulmer969]

@botarakutabi1199 Because my People have had a relationship with The One True Creator G_d long before Christianity invaded this land. The One True Creator G_d warned us about Christianity thousands of years ago. Christianity and Mainstream Academia don't teach the truth and the real history, they only teach you what they want you to know and think. We know the real history here.

[@terryulmer969]

@botarakutabi1199 Because we are here, we exist and have had a relationship with The One True Creator G_d since the beginning of time.

[@universalman5861]

Mythvision guests are so pathetic. "Yao is the head of the pantheon." CITATION NEEDED. This man comes to speak about Yahweh and cites not a single source directly. One would expect a serious discussion to proceed along the lines: From the X scripts, the god Yao is cited in paragraph X. That he heads a pantheon is seen in paragraph Y. This interpretation is accepted by Scholar Z and B. Smh

[@justinlevy274]

It's not like he has an entire book on this

[@Yahuah2120]

Isn't Yahuah ❤

[@Grythpyke]

Derek shut up! Speak less, listen more!

[@thambone30]

Yahweh is not Yehovah, which is the God of Israel. See the work of Dr. Nehemia Gordon PhD.

[@jenathent4840]

Well kind of ... yahweh became jehova/yahovah/jahovah/jehova/iaohove

[@stantorren4400]

You do realise Yehovah is just YHWH with different vowels?

[@thambone30]

@stantorren4400 Yehovah is NOT Yahweh. Go look up the work of Dr. Nehemia Gordon.

[@thambone30]

@stantorren4400 it can be translated as Yehowah or Yehovah.

[@stantorren4400]

@@thambone30 They both use the same consonants but different vowels. That’s dude to the taboo of saying the tetragrammaton during the second temple period. That “Dr” sounds like he says what he says more so due to his religous views than actual scholarship

[@John_Reid]

No such thing as Yahwehism or Yahwehists, that’s a label. You can’t even define Israel (Jacob) so throw yourself into traffic.

[@derekladyga1716]

These guys dismissed Dr Ammon Hillman too fast and to top it modern archeology can't be trusted

[@botarakutabi1199]

Lol, old archeology can't be trusted

[@derekladyga1716]

@botarakutabi1199 that's considered modern fool lol

[@CJS1986]

Flint Dibble has left the chat

[@earthalchemyholisticllc333]

But following Hillman blindly is the best thing ever.

[@jarstoopen6557]

Hillman is wrong. Proof is everything. He hides the Greek texts translations.

[@jjphank]

Archaeology proves the Bible true! the archaeological digs corroborate the Bible stories. There’s even one rock with the kings name on it from a foreign land That the Bible mentions.! And these: King Hezekiah's seal A clay seal with the name "Hezekiah King of Judah" was found in Jerusalem in 2015. The seal was discovered in a trash dump near the Temple Mount. Jehukal's seal A clay seal with the name "Jehukal, son of Shelemiah" was found in Jerusalem in 2005. Jehukal was one of the men who threw Jeremiah into a cistern. The Tel Dan Stele An inscription with the word "BYTDWD" was found in 1993 near the Syrian border. The inscription is thought to mean "house of David" and dates to the ninth century BC.

[@JohnBrown-dy4ps]

Archeological finds may confirm that there were historically true facts embedded in the text of Hebrew scripture. But it does not prove that the Hebrew religion's claims of supernatural events are true. It's like claiming that because modern superhero fiction includes facts about real US cities that Superman can fly or Spiderman can shoot spiderwebs. Your comment shows a shallowness of thought that explains why you believe in supernatural religion.

[@jjphank]

@ Matter and energy cannot be created nor destroyed, therefore no matter nor energy would’ve existed to do the causing. Consequently, whatever did cause the universe to exist, would need to be immaterial and exist beyond time and space! Genesis 1: 1 God creates time space and matter! The KILLER is, Entropy! Entropy is somewhat opposite of evolution and why did this come into the universe if everything’s getting better? Genesis 2:17 says death came into the universe through the first sin! First two chapters of the Bible not the 500th chapter or the thousandth chapter; explain what evolutionists have not explained; and no other worldview EXPLAINS ENTROPY -The 2nd LAW AT ALL, let alone the first law of thermodynamics! So the Bible explains how matter, space, time, entropy, and energy get here; Right out the gate! DNA does not auto encrypt, it did not write itself the code writer is outside of the code. 3300 billion lines of computer code in 1 humans DNA genome, would fill the Grand Canyon 50 times of Books, let alone plant and animal DNA and it did not write itself! One person‘s DNA could stretch to the sun and back 61 times! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“. John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did the world will not have enough room for the Books, telling of it“! God made matter and energy, a.k.a., the first law of thermodynamics and DNA, pointing to himself; pointing to an outside source beyond the realm of the universe; that these things were made there! Job 38:35 “were you there when I created the lightnings and they say ‘here we are!”’ This is God talking to Job! 3300 years later, James Maxwell discovers that light rays and electricity are two forms of the same thing! The Bible Predicted telecommunications Biologist Edwin Conklin said the probability of life originating by accident is comparable to a dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop. That reduces the chance of the theory of evolution being true. But the terrible thing about evolution is that it rejects the word of God. It’s a godless propaganda. Imagine the progression of this type of thinking reducing the value of human life. Look where we are today. You’re thinking that a human fetus is nothing but a clump of cells. How deluded this society has become! But you see my friend humans are created in God’s image. And God has a special purpose for every human ever born. Even the babies that will die their silent screams are noticed by God. And those babies have left an imprint in my heart and in the hearts of those of us out here.

[@BM-db5tc]

​@@jjphankYou claim matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed. How do you objectively know and prove this to be true? And do you objectively know that such a thing has never actually happened at any given point or time in all of existence? Can you objectively prove that this will never happen in the future at any given point or time for any given reason? Otherwise all you have are subjective claims

[@jjphank]

@ cuz that’s been The definition of The 1st law of thermodynamics forever, And our neo pagan scientific community has monkeyed with That definition, That’s Why You Don’t know about it!

[@youropinionplz7982]

YaH shal'OM This is what scripture says about YHWH🔯 YHWH🔯 4 LTR°s, Yad, Hay, Uau, Hay, 3 sounds, = YaH OoAH & 4 numbers 🔯 manifests as cymatic Words: SOVEREIGN ETERNAL SUPREME IMMORTAL POTENTATE, TRUTH, LOVE, & ALL BEAUTIFUL WORDS, Atom ⚛️ DNA 🧬 DIAMOND 💎🌷🌻🌹☀️🌙✨, Yet 1st, his GLORY🔯 LILY FLOWER, & pomegranate, therefore the sigNATURE = sign in nature, of YaH🔯 in our DNA 🧬 Sulfuric bridge #'s = Y H W H = 10+5+6+5 = 26 > 8 🤔 YHWH🔯 = 4 Ltr's, 3 Soun∆s 3/4 = 7 = Completion and ∆aleth aka Door YaHs sigNATURE 🔯 sigNATURE in Nature Esdras 5:24, Exodus 28:34, MatithYahu 6:28-29, Psalms 91:4, Ayob 38:2, Psalm 19:1, Ayob 38:22 YaH'UaH🔯 *8th♾️ 9th 25+1+8+21+1+8 =64 > 10M/F >1 echo∆ YaH'OA 25+1+8+15+1 = 50 > 5 Grace, no 8th YahAwah🕎. 8th 9th 10th 25+1+8+1+23+1+8 = 67 > 13 > 4 stable YaHWeH✡️ 🤔8th complete 25+1+8+23+5+8 = 70 > 7 - 0 1 Timothy 6:15-16, Exodus 3:15, 34:14, Yashayahua 42:8, Yahezqel 📖 JUDAISM BABYLONIAN TALMUDISTS RELIGION Pharisees - 6 pointed star ✡️, is NOT 🚫 YAHUADAISM 8 pointed star tetYAHedron 🔯🔺🟦🟦 37:18 on lying. If one hath not memorized the Ya'dibrot Asareth 🟦🟦 10 COMMANDMENTS.. they will ve prone to doing such. If one hasnt memorized them? How will they, "kmow", not to break them 🤔 44:22 in YAHUADAISM there are PRACTICAL APPLICATION with many benefits to the individual.... Great health, and the existential abilities ie. Levitation, telekinesis etc...

[@DennisNieves-j7r]

You used to get thousands of thumbs up. But not you're a water mudder. You bring on only socalled experts that muddy the water as you claim facts. Mythvision is dying. And i won't miss you.

[@smillstill]

I like this lady. She may be going places. "She Took Her Videos Down! 🫢" at U Got Roasted

[@jessicabosco3009]

They all were probably doing those awful things