The Late Bronze Age and the Bible

Have you ever heard the terms Bronze Age or Iron Age? Or have you heard of people like Ramses or King Tut? What do these times and people have to do with the Bible? Where does the Bible fit with what we know about the wider ancient world? In this video, we will dive into the cultural period that archaeologists call the Late Bronze Age and see what, if anything, it has to do with understanding the Bible.
If you are interested in learning more about this topic we suggest you start here:
Amihai Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10,000-586 B.C.E., New York: Anchor Bible Reference Library, Doubleday: 1990.
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[@be_mpty8916]

Thank you for this

[@kvelez]

4:01 Good note. 6:38 Thanks.

[@selah3015]

It's a very good video. It would also be interesting to deal with the Early/MIddle Bronze Age contexts of many of the stories of Genesis. For example, the possibility that the story of Joseph had taken place during the Hiksos period, the link between the legal mesopotamian traditions and some laws of the Torah, or the relationship between the Nuzi tablets and some family customs, such as inheritance and marriage. Thank you very much for this effort!

[@BeneaththeBible]

Thanks! We’re working on more videos that cover all of those things.

[@MarkJonesisjustaman]

You should do an entire video on the archeology of The Exodus.

[@BeneaththeBible]

We actually have a whole series on the Exodus. You can check out one of the videos here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nprQYZJprZiJgdE

[@jlupus8804]

Very interesting how Ugarit became apart of common vernacular just by becoming a trade city. So that’s why the Bible uses words from its language then- as if the priest’s language was starting to become out of date maybe?

[@johny16G]

Hi, I like your channel but hate the loud music in the beginning. Its really fucking loud. ALways have to turn the volume down and then back up again.

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Too hard to listen with that music playing. Super distracting.