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a series of lectures given by Professor Joel Baden at Yale University in the fall of 2021. In these two lectures, Joel Baden discusses why the Book of Genesis tells two contradictory stories about the creation of the world and Noah’s flood, and how the Pentateuch was not written by Moses, but by four different authors or schools of thought (the Documentary Hypothesis). link to the first two lectures: • Interpreting the Bible - a series of lectures at Yale... about the author: Joel Baden is Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University Education: B.A., Yale University, 1999. M.A., University of Chicago, 2002. Ph.D., Harvard University, 2007. Author of books: The Book of Exodus: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2019). J, E, and the Redaction of the Pentateuch (Mohr Siebeck, 2009); The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis (Yale University Press, 2012); The Promise to the Patriarchs (Oxford University Press, 2013); The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero (HarperOne, 2013). [Support the channel on Patreon monthly] Join our Patreon: / religiolog [One-time support of the channel - donations]: One-time donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/relig... I'm on Telegram https://t.me/religiolog Link to my other videos: Link to a playlist about Christianity: • 4 Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John... Who was the apostle Paul: • Paul, the apostle who created Christianity... Link to Baden's course: • Hebrew Bible Interpretation 1, Lecture 1 Timestamps 00:05 comparison of the two creation stories Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 4:45 - two stories about Noah's Ark and the Flood 7:22 - the first story about the Flood 11:41 - the second story about the Flood 14:25 - comparison of the two stories about the Flood and Creation 21:52 - Lecture #2 22:10 – Who wrote these stories? Did Moses write the Pentateuch? 24:15 – Parallels and contradictions in the Bible 27:34 – Fragmentary theory 28:35 – Documentary hypothesis 31:36 – Dee's source (Deuteronomy) 31:54 – Elohist 32:48 – Priestly code (priestly code) 33:27 – Yahwist – Jay's source 35:54 – Stylistic differences between the authors of the Bible 37:20 – Julius Wellhausen – Godfather of the Documentary Hypothesis 41:02 – How does the lecturer feel about Wellhausen's approach (the idea of many voices) 44:42 – Who probably combined the four sources into one book - the Torah