Was Saint Paul A Secret Agent? - The Naked Archaeologist 311 - Queen Esther And Purim

[@joanhamilton2651]

I wish Simcha was still doing this series. He's great about explaining.

[@maryterneus8493]

me too

[@DaddyBoo69]

I couldn't agree more.

[@daviswalunywa8451]

You he stopped? To bad. He should begin again by public demand

[@gabrielfox457]

So what did that have to do with Saint Paul being a secret agent?

[@fiorenzarochana7476]

That's exactly my question to?

[@jackfenwick6182]

He did 2 others on this and they were quite popular, so they probably nqmed it as such to draw views... this channel (not the content mind) have a habit of using a false title, click bait as it were, not old simchas fault like

[@ryanbright3078]

Yeah, as said, there was a 2 part series about the possibility that Paul was a roman agent meant to romanize the more revolutionary christian jews. Its much harder to find for free online.

[@davidhynes9683]

This is an excellent series. More biblical, on the ground, history of Jesus, please.

[@tracitereska8184]

Forget Netflix and chill.. I'm binge watching simcha and leave me alone 😂. Plus, that song "he makes no apologies for his archeology" 😂🤣😂😂

[@danny.the.digger]

Ah.. what a fun reminder of participating in Simcha’s show, some 17 years ago! 😎 now I have my own channel, vlogging more biblical archaeology 😅

[@rashawncarter-kamau5589]

I love this show. Simcha always makes every episode interesting.

[@Biblical_Mystery]

A beautiful reminder that we are never alone in our struggles. God's presence surrounds us, giving us the courage to face any situation with confidence and faith. Wishing everyone a blessed day ahead. 🌈🙌

[@scmac5155]

Fantastic explanation. I’m glad Dr. Finkel got another chance to play the Royal Game of Ur!

[@savantianprince]

Royal game of ur.

[@HeadRoaster]

i love this show.. and what an amazing idea hanging out with Simcha and Irving Finkel! I might be a geek but that's a dream of an evening!

[@josephturner4047]

Damn right.

[@ansem6167]

I just found this show a month ago and have watched it I do enjoy the show alot and simcha lives in Toronto where I live maybe i have crossed paths with simcha and never even knew hahaha

[@dianefrangie93]

I rented a room from Persian Jews when I worked in Iran. I also went to the Armenian church back then. I heard from both sources that Esther’s tomb was near Persepolis, and also that Saint Prophet Daniel’s tomb was somewhere in the country.

[@solitairesmith3553]

wow im married to persian.i went to Iran in the late 80s and i was showed a gravé said to be Esters grave.near Persepolis. also another grave said to be Daniels grave. im wondering how this can be. i ABSOLUTELY love this channel

[@savantianprince]

I love the story of Esther.

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I love Danny the Digger! He is on the channel of Sergio and Rhoda in Israel, quite a bit mentions of

[@3Dimencia]

thank you for showing the tall tall man on this channel, i can watch his documentaries 24/7/365

[@enterthecarp7085]

Irving Finkle is one of my hero’s HOW AWESOME did anyone channel Sir L Woolley? ❤️🔥

[@katharinabruns9480]

"Nine Men's Morris" is still a very popular game in Germany. Here it's called "Mühle". It's a classic. Everyone knows it. But I had no idea it's so old!

[@leonarddriller2608]

The term bce stands for: Before Common Era. Look in an encyclopedia for this meaning.

[@russfort1081]

many xtians didnt really know james..thanks to you that you lit the fire for james...it's time that the world should know him better..God Bless..🙏🙏🙏

[@lindakynokephalos1136]

He is looking at the wrong place.Esther never lived in Israel. she and Mordecai lived in ancient Susa which is today's Iran and both are buried there. If this guy wants to look for evidence of the historicity of Esther he must do it in Iran, not in Israel.

[@ralsharp6013]

The Jews have been the most sought after people on Earth.. Amazing interesting information here thank you

[@Michael_Kerstein]

We still are to this day idk why people come after us so much. We don't attack people or try to convert people . We just want to be left alone

[@ralsharp6013]

@@Michael_Kerstein yes it makes no sence.. Jesus king of all Jewish men, taught me that we are all brothers and sisters. If only people could love like him

[@Michael_Kerstein]

I don't call him Jesus because that's a pagan name and related to Cesar Borgia and Constantine.. I call him by his Jewish name Yeshua.. I'm tired of all this fighting .. just like the dome of the rock.. the Jewish temple was never there but they are convinced it was because some rabbi gave an uneducated opinion.. the Gihon Spring would have been the source of water for it .. water flows down hill if I'm not mistaken .. idk I might be wrong

[@ralsharp6013]

@@Michael_Kerstein I've not heard of the Gyhon Springs before. Yes you are correct about water flowing downhill

[@ryanpoolecountry8864]

Im a convert to Judaism you are helping learn more about Jewish identity Nand biblical history thank you

[@T37912]

Hi Simcha, I'm 61 years old, I'm from Flanders. 13 minutes in, the game there we played as kids in the street with exactly the same metal pieces. We called it "bikkelen". I don't know if any other area's in the world still play this, but I thought this is an interesting piece of info. Kind regards Alain

[@pixiecut11]

In my childhood, we have a game called 'bekel' , its a metal pieces shape like the knuckles bones dice and a bouncy rubber ball. I thinks there is 3 set : set of no dots - set of 2 dots - set of 3 dots. Its a fun game! Im gonna hunt it and purchase some! Didnt know it was an ancient games!

[@dipak002]

I am so confused! where is St. Paul being referenced in this documentary.

[@sandravega9742]

I love the show I love the kids I love everything Beautiful family💞🖐👏🏻👍👏🏻👏🏻

[@whidoineedthis]

this was really sweet episode. I'm working my way through every show. then I'll start over again 👍👍

[@bayan6325]

This game board is same as x and zero which is still popular in India:)

[@paulatighe3004]

Love his thought process

[@duchessstudioband7896]

I own the Game of Ur. Love playing it. Always imagined myself playing it in the Palace of Knossos, with a lyre playing in the background

[@johnlameelk5339]

I realize the subject is the game, but something else here snagged my interest. The 13 of Adar. Many assume the idea of the evil associated with Friday the 13 is a product of the Templar slaughter of the Middle Ages. However, I would be interested in pursuing the weekday this would have been. Should it turn out to have been the day before the Jewish sabbath, which was Saturday, we could have an early contender for the origins of a very old myth. I postulate this with the fact in mind that this may have been a purposeful date used by the early church to "shock and awe" in their removal of the Templars. It was a date a well read biblical scholar might have run across.

[@f1s2hg3]

Simcha you have a wonderful family and God bless you the only God of Israel our God of Love.

[@cleverfitz779]

Good morning everyone

[@stephenodell9688]

People don't just find a pile of rocks and this is such and such, unless your name is Helen and your son is Emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire.

[@KimberlyWard-Evans717]

Hey, “Danny the Digger”, as Hasselbeck would say

[@savantianprince]

Love the story of Esther.

[@littleandre4957]

(02:05) the book of Eshter was not considered Hebrew Scriptures because all other Books in the Tanach are found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (even 'Song of Songs') but not the book of Eshter..

[@marksanders2237]

"Mordechai = Marduk, Esther = Astarte!" Esther is where we get Easter since in the Torah it is the month Abib and in Esther it is the month Nisan.

[@ralsharp6013]

@Eilene the Sojourner apparently paganism gave Christianity all of their celebration dates, including Christ's birthday

[@ralsharp6013]

@Eilene the Sojourner it feels like our ancestors are telling a similar story within their history. Everything is connected I believe

[@marksanders2237]

@@ralsharp6013 "No, we get that John the Baptist was six months older than Jesus when Mary went to visit Elizabeth! His, John's birthday is June 25th when he baptized Jesus! John was 30 years old Jesus was almost 30 years old. It's so dark December 21st and Jesus is the light of the world! So it starts getting more light because of Jesus. "That's why his birthday is December 25th! It works out mathematically!"

[@ralsharp6013]

@@marksanders2237 thank you. I've never heard that before

[@damariowilson2350]

@Mark Sander While certainly there may be a connection Esther seems to be persia word for the celestial bodies like a star(astro) 🌟 the same root word where we get for our modern english astrology, astronaut etc. However, the pagan holidays of Easter is from Ishtar the babylon goddess of fertility and not having anything to do with the Jewish Queen Esther though her name is of pagan origins. Ishtar fertility rites where done on or near the spring equinox in honor of the rebirth of nature and the son/sun god Tammuz which funny enough occur around the same time of sacred first month of the hebrew calendar interestingly Satan the deceiver would create a festival that would blind and confused ppl about the true redeemer of mankind Jesus of nazareth or the pagan idol Tammuz, Horus, etc..read Ezekiel 8:13-16..those where some of the reasons Israel when into captivity

[@amenyonas3865]

Thanks to him i learned about esther

[@theseer8905]

You featured a traditional Philippine game ‘sungka’ which I used to play before when I was a kid.😀

[@davidlancaster6941]

I love Simcha, but the title on the description page says St Paul a Secret Agent. Although this is a great episode it has nothing to do Paul. These were made pre-covid but you would think they could get the title page right. Weird. Thanks

[@who6184]

Baruk Haba Bashem YAHUWAH RAPHA NISSI ELOHAI TSEVA’OTH!!!!! Shalom.

[@lorisewsstuff1607]

Cool video but it's not about Paul being a secret agent. I want to hear more about that. Apostle to gentiles by day and James Bond by night.

[@josuechavez21]

Scripture states Mordecai is Hadassah's cousin, not uncle.

[@VaxtorT]

Finkel in British museum......Finklestein in Israel........what's the deal with all the Finkles?

[@eleanorpomagalski9733]

So much speculation. Queen Vashti was not ordered to dance naked, the scripture just says that she was called before the King and all his guests because of her beauty. Her refusal led to her being divorced, not killed. Isn't the truth important any more, or do people just like a good story? We should always go by what the actual Bible says. *sigh* "What happened to Vashti in the Bible? Vashti - Wikipedia She was *either* executed *or* banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet to show her beauty as Ahasuerus wished, and was succeeded as queen by Esther, a Jew. That refusal might be better understood via the Jewish *tradition* that she was ordered to appear naked."

[@IamwhoIam333]

Like to Cinderella Story in the glass slipper pulling The Prince and the fairy tale wasn't married in the queen didn't run off but they're pretty similar.

[@bobbyduke777]

he will return to them before they are all dead, he said so. This time he comes as the Lion of Judah, not the Lamb of God that you pierced.

[@owoodford]

I am confused. The title says it is about St Paul...but it is not...at all.

[@a.x.4101]

Why is the title of this video misleading? 😎

[@stephenrobert1323]

And sir if you believe the story of bible are true then you go to investigate because no one runs after an aeroplane but you can run after a bus which you can catch

[@lilamdan]

Hamann used a dreidel

[@melissasirois1508]

Played a game using those bones in Mongolia but can't remember the details.

[@Michael_Kerstein]

So why the title if it had nothing to do with Paul?

[@methylmike]

this dude is a G

[@richardque1036]

I read an article the soviet jews celebrating stalin purim. Stalin about bring his own final solution whenmsuddently died of heart attack.thus the plan was abandone.

[@johnroberts2620]

Must’ve been some mighty fine garments if all the soldiers wanted them. Probably trying to decide who gets to burn the rags.

[@JoseCVilla]

Ha ha ha ignoramus neantherthal!!

[@johnroberts2620]

@@JoseCVilla thank you!🖕🏻

[@lennyoatman5451]

I don’t know who St Paul is. The Bible mentions a Saul Paulus who is a self proclaimed Apostle of Jesus.

[@baremore6137]

Dominos man!

[@priscillamcgregor4679]

It is said that the book of Esther is not scripture. What is your take on this claim.

[@AtticTapes14]

Did he have an episode on Daniel????

[@suzettee5202]

Where was the Saint Paul info?

[@ydj8081]

Simcha, you ignored Yalkut Me'am Lo'ez 3:7.

[@intazario]

How is this related to Paul??

[@markabrams7936]

We'd play hide & seek in the valley of the kings

[@littleandre4957]

(18:39) not on the Hebrew Calendar. All the rabbinic names of the month comes from the pagan Babylonian calendar indeed.

[@littleandre4957]

TAMMUZ just happen to be the hottest time of the year and sun in Eretz Yisra'el/Middle East.

[@lilamdan]

What part is on paul?

[@batyahartist613]

Tov to see your family again, years have passed since Safed at private home of 10 Tribes ,I think? batya, now we do know each other.

[@stephenrobert1323]

But according to Christians kings wife do not comes when the king calls her in the party and he punishes her

[@littleandre4957]

(14:33) it's a rabbinic book, not a Jewish Book.

[@lilamdan]

Haman flipped a coin. Heads is to give up on his status ,give mordekhay a gallon of gold and leave the country Tails for what he ended

[@markrowland1366]

Ester, not wanting to have sex with the most powerful man in the world? Who's saying this?

[@cyepez]

Mislabeled episode. Not about St Paul.

[@theperfectbastard451]

Is there a reason for Haman's hatred of Jews? Or is the only explanation that he is Amalek?

[@urf808]

Could of been the Royal game of Ur.

[@littleandre4957]

(00:40) not all over the world, just some Jews celebrate it..

[@littleandre4957]

There's very few Qaraites over the world.

[@bobbyduke777]

Jesus

[@martinemjt]

a dreidel?

[@barbarawenger7161]

Lots of unnecessary verbiage to prolong it I guess to make a longer video I love the material is valid in the presentation is terrible

[@nandolopes9897]

uhgtre ektsr ta ester apjuenrr!

[@trekkingchannel4752]

👍🏽

[@AtticTapes14]

Tall man talmud

[@bluesky6985]

Esther did not exist it's a total work of fiction. Daniel lived at the time of Esther and he didn't mention her. Ezra never mentioned Esther. Jesus never mentioned Esther. The whole story of Esther is absurd on its face

[@bluesky6985]

@Torah Muscle Daniel lived at the same time as Esther lived and she saved the Jewish people and he doesn't mention her. Shepherd's Chapel can help you out with it they're on KZbin look it up

[@charliealexander2205]

ANTICHRIST ;)

[@XX-gy7ue]

bce is a term of bigotry and disrespect and is historically incorrect - the accurate terms are ' BC ' or ' AD ' ! - just unsubscribed ! you wouldn't want me to change the Hebrew calendar , or the Chinese etc. ! IT'S WRONG !

[@donaldbrown9878]

The terms BCE and CE have been used for more than 300 years

[@davidhynes9683]

@@donaldbrown9878 Explain, please.

[@davidhynes9683]

@@donaldbrown9878 What is the common era, and what is it common to?

[@donaldbrown9878]

@@davidhynes9683 just Google it.. Very well explained there

[@josephturner4047]

FFS. I'm an atheist but a big fan of all this stuff. It is history. If I can work round it, anyone can. Get over yourself.