Top 10 Biblical Studies Channels on YouTube

It can be hard to find good quality material on critical Biblical scholarship that's also relatively unbiased.​ These are my recommendations:
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​0:18 Religion for Breakfast: ‪@ReligionForBreakfast‬
0:37 Useful Charts: ‪@UsefulCharts‬
0:55 Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical​
1:19 Digital Hammurabi: ‪@DigitalHammurabi‬
1:33 The Inquisitive Bible Reader: ‪@InquisitiveBible‬
1:54 - Lecture channels
- Bart Ehrman: ‪@bartdehrman‬
- Richard Elliot Friedman: ‪@richardelliottfriedman1667‬
- Yale Courses: ‪@YaleCourses‬
- Yale Divinity School: ‪@YaleDivinitySchool‬
- Yale Bible Study: ‪@YaleBibleStudy‬
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[@wannabe_scholar82]

A few more I could think of are -A bible darkly -Religiolog -XKV8R Robert R. Cargill phD -Centre Place (lectures) -Esoterica -Crecganford -Lets talk religion -Urbs and Polis -The bible in the light of the ancient near east (trust me it's a channel) -Dan Mcclellan -Religiousity plus -Study of antiquity and the middle ages -The bible for normal people -Kipp Davis -Ben s -Dr Michael Heiser -Bibpe unboxed

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Thanks for the list, I'll check these out. Who knows maybe next year I'll do another list.

[@caesarius2004]

Ben Stanhope and Michael Heiser are great!

[@eddiedontess8585]

Good list! Thank you for taking the time to let us know. I’ll check out a couple of your recommendations.

[@TabletsAndTemples]

My pleasure.

[@PrayerCentreChannel]

Thanks brother

[@charlesokuom8747]

Well presented

[@CatholicWithaBiblePodcast]

Yale's OT lectures were awesome.

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Totally, a really good overview

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Please do let me know what channels you enjoy watching! And yes, there are probably some of your favourite channels that didn't make the list (for various reasons). That doesn't mean I don't like them or I think they're bad. But these are the channels I would recommend as an introduction into the world of critical academic Biblical studies.

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

What about Michael S Heiser or Mike Licona?

[@mustachemac5229]

Thank you for the video, Lachlan. I'll definitely check out some of those sources. I rather enjoy Dr. Bowen and Professor Ehrman. Sometimes, I'll watch Michael Licona, because he tries to approach the truth of the Bible through scholarship and not inerrancy, though I don't always agree with him.

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

What about Michael S Heiser?

[@InquisitiveBible]

The shout-out is much appreciated, Lachlan. If I may contribute another suggestion, Dr. Ryan M Armstrong has some entertaining videos with a great sense of humor. He just needs to upload more often! kzbin.info/door/fSc8hbJZb-Zb7C2IgeABdA @Dr_Armstrong

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Thanks for the tip, I'll check him out!

[@jaspermartin7444]

could you do a part 2? There was a channel I used to watch -- tall, slightly balding guy with glasses, maybe early 50's. His channel name was 4 letters, each letter stood for something else. Did a lot of early church stuff and knew ancient languages. He made me mad and I blocked his channel. Very bad idea because while it's possible to unblock a person, there's no way to unblock a channel. So he won't even show up in my searches now. None of Wannabe_Scholar's suggestions are it. TIA!!

[@zerotwo8047]

Nice channels, what about Michael Heiser, Ben Stanhope and InspiringPhilosophy? I think they are among the best

[@js1423]

Yeah, I was surprised by the lack of Ben Stanhope. Lachlan seems to be a more liberal person, so he's probably not interested in the more maximalist, apologetics-based work by IP or Dr. Heiser. Not saying their bad, but he seems to prefer some scholars to others.

[@TabletsAndTemples]

I tend not to pay as much attention to channels that talk about apologetics or counter-apologetics. I have nothing bad to say about anyone for whom that's their project/interest, all power to them. But I'm interested in an evidence-based "text in its ancient context" approach, and so that's what I'm going to recommend.

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

@@TabletsAndTemples yeah Michael S Heiser is definitely the least apologetics out of all of them.

[@js1423]

No Ben Stanhope?

[@wannabe_scholar82]

Ben stanhope is really good but he uploads like every year lol

[@TabletsAndTemples]

I can see Ben has some interesting stuff, I'll have to check him out closer. But speaking generally there are a lot of channels out there that are a mix of Biblical studies and also apologetics/counter-apologetics. I have nothing against that, but it's not my area of interest. My focus was on recommending content that was academic Biblical studies on its own terms and could give people a good solid introduction to that world.

[@ryankaufman3590]

I've definitely found good stuff on the academic biblical subreddit but, just like Reddit as a whole, it is often insufferable. It attracts a lot of jaded people who have an axe to grind against this or that theological view, all the whole pretending like they are just neutral researchers, leaving theology and culture war stuff to the side.

[@bipin_here_]

Coool

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Glad you liked it!

[@bipin_here_]

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[@mirandaleone3878]

You’d still recommend Bart Ehrman even though he’s a staunch atheist?

[@TabletsAndTemples]

This is not a confessional channel. It is about Biblical scholarship. The content is about an evidence-based approach to studying the Bible in its ancient context. Bart Ehrman's a great scholar!

[@njh8277]

talk about flat earth in genesis

[@TabletsAndTemples]

I assume you're talking about the firmament and dome world view of the Ancient Near East? Any particular question you're interested in?

[@tammymcginty123]

God did not create a flat Earth.

[@RachelWeeping]

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