Can We Reconstruct the Original Bible? w/ Dr. Ian Young

Ian Young is Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages at Australian Catholic University. His research interests include the textual history of the Hebrew Bible, the Books of Daniel and 1 Enoch, and the language of the Hebrew Bible. Ian Young on Textual Criticism on Academia.edu: https://acu-au.academia.edu/IanYoung Places to start: Ian Young, “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible: The View from Qumran Samuel,” Australian Biblical Review 62 (2014): 14–30. Robert Rezetko and Ian Young, Historical Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew: Steps Toward an Integrated Approach, SBLANEM 9 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2014; download at: https://www.sbl-site.org/wp-content/u... pages 71–83 have a basic introduction to textual criticism. Further information: Ian Young, “Literature As Flexible Communication: Variety in Hebrew Biblical Texts,” in Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East: Getting the Message Across, ed. Kyle H. Keimer and Gillan Davis (London: Routledge, 2018), 156–73. Ian Young, “Textual Stability in Gilgamesh and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” in: J. Azize and N. Weeks (eds), Gilgamesh and the World of Assyria Proceedings of the Conference held at Mandelbaum House, The University of Sydney, 21–23 July 2004, Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement 21 (Peeters, Leuven, 2007), 173–184. Texts of Daniel: Ian Young, “Five Kingdoms, and Talking Beasts: Some Old Greek Variants in Relation to Daniel’s Four Kingdoms,” in Four Kingdom Motifs Before and Beyond the Book of Daniel, ed. Andrew B. Perrin and Loren T. Stuckenbruck (Leiden: Brill, 2021), 39–55. Ian Young, “The Original Problem: The Old Greek and the Masoretic Text of Daniel Chapter 5,” in Empirical Models Challenging Biblical Criticism, ed. Raymond F. Person, Jr. and Robert Rezetko; SBLAIL 25 (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2016), 271–301. 📖Answering Orthodoxy: https://shop.catholic.com/answering-o... 🎓Courses: https://www.rtcourses.com/ 💰Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/e12bf94e 💰Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... 👪Patreon: patreon.com/reasonandtheology Facebook:   / themichaelloftonshowrt   Store: https://rtmerchstore.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/ReasonTheology DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LIKE!