Hey Matt ... A little tip from the world of archeology. Around 17.40 you report correctly that the Israelites were amost certainly Cainnanites. But you might want to look at the research that discovered Hebrew names written on artifacts in the Nile River valley from the mate bronze age.
Great video, but I think it's important to mention that the Madai were essentially Persians from Persia, where the three Magi who visited the Christ child originated.
@@joshuataylor3550 Rather, managed to present recorded history from a chart representation as accurate as possible, in such a way appropriate to a fundamentalist standpoint either that of a Christian, Jew, or a Muslim.
I just love this channel. Matt has, almost singlehandedly, revived my interest in religion, and has fuethered my interest in history. It's really cool to see that history is more interesting than fiction in many instances
@@joshuakatherine6251 one day, some generations may claim your existence is a fiction because sooner or later, we will all become history and AI will be the one defining you to others. Whatever lies people feed AI online now, will be the new truth for generations and guess what? The cycle of barbarism and endless wars that our ancestors solved and helped our generation to avoid will be brought back in the coming generations if we keep going like this. God help us all.
*Same here! We don't need to look to an imaginary virtual future, to enjoy the excitement of fiction, when there's so much excitement to be discovered in history if you look at its so many amazing details!😍*
Sadly, there would be protests by people who believe the Bible is literal and inherent. Where i grew up (deep South), my high school biology teacher openly taught young earth creationism and refused to teach evolution. Instead, she assigned it as a project where assigned students had to debate the weaknesses of evolutionary theory versus creationism. 20 years later, she's still there and appears to be the head of the science department based on my high school's website.
@@matthewmarshall349 have you ever watched tv? people constantly insult the bible, they say its stupid, sexist, homophobic ect. . . Where is the protest you talk about? Rarely do you hear someone give arguments rooted in logic in defence of an Abrahamic religion. By the way the fathers of modern science, Galileo, Newton, Johannes Kepler, James Clerk Maxwell and even the father of the quantum physics theory, Max Plank, all belived in God. It was in recent times that the political far left (Neo Marxist) have made the popular case in the school system that science and religion are against each other and that religion in general should be abandoned once and for all.
*As a born again Christian I really appreciate your detailed study about the cousins of Jesus Christ and the different Mary'es of that time. No matter how many times I studied these subjects in the past I always came out a bit confused.*
The commonality of flood myths could also be simply because major civilizations tend to spring up around rivers, which tend to flood seasonally, and occasionally they flood catastrophically if the winter brought lots of snow to the mountains or the spring rains were unusually heavy [like during El Nino/La Nina type events]
The lower Mississippi turns some places into lakes during its floods. The Nile is the same way. Before levees, rivers turned those deltas into lakes with dotted with islands. This is true for all major river systems around the world.
The first half is so interesting to me, right after reading Cline´s book on the aftermath of the late bronze age collapse in the region (titled After 1177 BC), because you can kind of see where the archaeological record lines up with the biblical stories (and where it doesn´t). Highly recommend that book, by the way!
Im a mixed Irish/Ashkenazi/Roma person, my ancestors can be traced from northern India through the middle east, then up through North Africa and into Europe and eventually up into Russia and then down into Wales and Ireland...also some Germany, Sinti/Roma. So I like listening to you because it can trace my peoples migration. Im several generations American and no longer practicing of any religion due to the World Wars, but your video helped me make connections to my cultural past.
And how about this for a thought. it could simply because it was a flood that was worldwide like the Bible says and evidence shows. in auto mechanics they say look for the simple answer first then look for other stuff Why so doubt although it's good to question what are you getting out of questioning are you getting closer to the truth?
I have sometimes heard it claimed that Jesus is the descendant of an ancestor produced by the congress of Lot and one of his daughters. So, according to this chart, this is not true?
Mary Magdalene was referred to as Mary of Magdalen (a place name). Mary of Bethany was Martha and Lazarus' sister. So is Bethany another name for Magdalen?
Is there a possibility to have an overview of the new poster in which the mistakes of the old poster is highlighted? If have the old ones. I'll give them a marking myselve😊
I wonder if anyone lived through and remembered the whole Babylonian exile. Born in Israel > At 20 Years old get exiled > Spend 49 years in exile > Come back to Israel at 69
Good to note for the genealogy of Jesus in 1:08:00 that at the time Jews at the time believe you are Jewish based off of the father and today it is the mother. (which makes more sense) So that is a possibility to explain the differences.
@@Cashiyado Before DNA testing, there was sometimes doubt over who fathered a natural son. (Even today, in fact, there are cases where identical-twin brothers who slept with the same woman cannot be distinguished.) 🤔 Whereas determining who brought forth a baby simply involves checking the birth records. 🤱
@@Cashiyado You can tell who gave birth. But traditionally the woman moved into the fathers family. It was always assumed the woman wasn't cheating and it was uncommon to do so at the time.
Considering the fact that a whole lot of people converted to the faith of Israel in the OT, and were placed in a tribe, and they and their descendants were counted as natural born of Israel. All them ppl going by either patrineality or matrineality, was a moot point. The biblical genealogy is patrineality, and is only for the purpose of showing Jesus Christ to be the root and offspring of David. Also, in the OT, if the father was an Israelite and the mother was not, the child was an Israelite. If the father was not and the mother was an Israelite, the child was called Israelitish. So the matrineality of Judaism is far removed from the faith of the OT, not that anyone other than Jesus's genealogy matter anyway...
Thanks for the sharing and let me share something with you too. As I found using BCE to calculate the total number of years of the Old Testament not easy, I count it from Adam instead. [Genesis chapter 5] ▶ [Genesis 6:5, 6:11-13, 6:17] ▶ [Genesis 7:11] 1st-10th: Adam(age 130 had begotten)➡2nd-Seth(105)➡3th-Enos(90)➡4th-Cainan(70)➡5th-Mahalaleel(65)➡6th-Jared(162)➡7th-Enoch(65)➡8th-Methuselah(187)➡9th-Lamech(182)➡10th-Noah(500) begat Shem(be blessed), Ham(firstborn), Japheth(youngest son)/Noah(600) the flood waters was upon the earth. =1656 years [Genesis chapter 11] 1656 years add(+) 11th-Shem(+2years after the flood)➡20th-Abram/Abraham Abraham, 20th from Adam =1948 years (Coincidently, Israel declared Independence in 1948 A.D.) [Genesis 21:5] ▶ [Genesis 25:26] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 32:28] ▶ [Genesis 47:9] ▶ [Exodus 12:36 & 12:41] fulfilled the word of God [Genesis 15:13-14] ▶ [1 Kings 6:1] 1948 years add(+) Abraham(100)➡Isaac(60)➡Esau & Jacob ➡ Israel(130) ➡ the whole family, 70 members sojourned in Egypt(430)➡after the children of Israel coming out of the land of Egypt(480)➡Solomon began to build the house of the Lord. =3148 years [1 Kings & 2 Kings] ▶[2 Kings chapter 25] 3148 years add(+) From Solomon(362) / (the house of David had reigned for 406 years)➡ By 586 BCE, much of Judah had been devastated. The Old Testament = 4096 years in total
Just stumbled upon this awesome channel. Do you have any video/chart of the timeline of all the Kings of Israel and Judah, along with all the prophets and their region of prophecy? It would real helpful in understanding the Tanakh better. Thks.
Awesome video! This will definitely be the first chart I buy, I'm not religious but the Bible fascinates me in a mythological/historical sense. Also just curious, where do the drawings representing the sons of Jacob come from?
They are from a mosaic on the wall of a synagogue in Jerusalem. The mosaic itself is modern but the imagery associated with each tribe goes back to the medieval period.
18:55 - Samuel is described as an Ephraimite in 1 Samuel 1:1. It is only in the later Book of 1 Chronicles (6:19-27) that describes him as a Levite. The latter source-writing in the Second Temple Period-probably changed Samuel’s tribe because, by the Chronicler’s time at least, only Levites were recognized as priests.
You're assuming incorrectly that genealogy and nationality are the same. Samuel's father is a Levite, but he dwelled in the hill country of Ephraim. That makes him a Levite from the land of Ephraim. The book of Chronicles is concerned with establishing geneologies whereas in Samuel it simply designates where he is from.
@@CorbanDallasMultipass 1 Samuel 1 describes Samuel’s father Elkanah as both “from Ephraim” (nationality) and “an Ephraimite” (genealogy). There is no room here for Samuel to be a Levite from Ephraim. 1 Chronicles 6:18-23 list Samuel as a Levite. This is an inconsistency between two different sources.
Also, based on my readings: in the event known as The Visitation, teenage Mary, newly pregnant with Jesus, travels alone to visit her first cousin elderly Elizabeth (I think she was in her 80's) and assist Elizabeth with her pregnancy. Mary stays with Elizabeth until Elizabeth gives birth 3 months later. Mary then returns to her hubby Joseph. Then teenage Mary gives birth to Jesus, alone, without any assistance from anybody, based on her experience at her cousin Elizabeth's delivery. Elizabeth's husband Zakariah was killed in the temple where he worked, by Herod's soldiers, when he refused to tell them where his son John the Baptist was hidden. During The Killing of the Innocents.
There's been several posted on the UsefulCharts subreddit. And there's one in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d1Zq7rOXhbM.html
Joseph of Arimathea may have been a relative of Mary, with members of the family, including Jesus, buried in one of two tombs in his property. The ossuaries are in a museum storeroom in Jerusalem. I wonder how adding clay to the skull of that Jesus would look.
My Old Testament prof was fond of saying that "the ink was probably still wet" when the texts were "rediscovered" during Josiah's reign. Hope you're well Dr. Bembry.
@9:55, is it true that the Biblical authors wouldn’t know about places outside of Northeastern Africa, Europe, and Western Asia? I was under the impression that long-distance trade was common enough by the Iron Age that they would.
Irrelevant. The only 3 males who survived the flood and had children were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. There was only one race after the flood. All racial and ethnic diversity today comes from those 3 men and their wives. It would not matter if later writers knew about others or not. It would not change the fact that they all have the same origin.
Hi, I'm an Italian student. Excellent work. Congratulations. I need some clarification regarding the dates of Kings... You put the start of Kingdoms of Judah and Israel 930 BCE... Do you take this reference from? Thiele, Galil, Albright... Anyway, I see a cronology that start this Kingdom 997 BCE. Isn't possible?? Thanks
Something I’ve wondered since I started learning about the history of religion: Is it considered heresy under Christian theology to acknowledge that certain stories or figures are mythical? Or is it only heretical to deny Jesus’s personhood and/or Godhood?
very much depends who you ask. christianity is not a monolith, and in my church it’s totally acceptable to believe that certain parts of the bible are just stories/allegories. we even have some of matt’s charts in the youth group room! there are other congregations from my same denomination that believe the bible (specifically the KJV) is 100% factual and to question that is completely out of line.
Ask the Orthodox Church, don't ask the Protestants in America, there are too many denoms with different opinions and beliefs that make people confused about Christianity
@@jemmaisweirdIt's teachings like this that have made many Christians in America become atheists because there's no clarity on what the true faith is. People just choose what they want to believe. That's what led to people arguing with each other about which one is true and ended up founding other churches that suited their mindset.
In Spain, up until a generation ago, practically all girls were named "Maria." Thus, they often went by their middle names. And in ancient times, there were much fewer names to go around. In ancient Rome, for instance, so many important people had similar 1st and 2nd names that modern historians tend to refer to them by their 3rd or even 4th names! e.g. "Gaius Julius Caesar Aurelia" ("Julius Caesar") and "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" ("Caesar Augustus"). In fact, two significant Roman figures, born a generation apart, were BOTH named "Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus." Thus, we English speakers refer to them simply as "Pliny the Elder" and "Pliny the Younger."
@4:00 The extra names look like they have Mesopotamian influence, I wouldn't doubt if they were added from Babylonian myths. The story of Noah has roots from the Epic of Gilgamesh, with Utnapishtim, who scholars believe may be the basis.
The three races thing is just a generalization. Like they're saying at a point when there was only so many ppl, that the separation eventually lead to 3 main types of peoples. But naturally over the course of millennia, these groups also spread out and mixed with each other to then create new bloodlines and new types of people, leading to the 100s of types we have today. It's not like Noah had one son who was black and one son who was white and an Asian but this point in history is so far back that when they spread out, geography and the conditions created different races. I heard some where that white people are really only been a thing for 10k years or so , a lot of that was from diet and where they lived
Hey i dont mean to be rude, but when you made the comparison between judiasm and Hinduism, you mentioned the constants, but in hebrew everything is a constant. No offence but you looked at it at a European mindset not an entomological mindset + he is most likely names avraham( as pronounced in hebrew) because he is av ha'am. Or in english the father of the nation
Just a thought...for the biblical composition timeline, would we want to put the chunks with alleged earlier authorships like the Song of Deborah, Song of the Sea etc 'earlier up' on the timeline closer to their supposedly more likely written timeperiod?
@55:49 you show on the screen that Apostille John is the same person who wrote the Book of John and Revelations, but we know pretty concretely that John wasn't written until around 100 AD and didn't have singular author. How old do you think the guy was when writing this book?
@@UsefulCharts Thank you very much...I have purchased it....I think this will be an amazing resource for building the vast outline of the bible into my memory using this new perspective......!!!
Im going to be honest, going thr cousin route is odd and ignores the text. Hebrew might not distinguish between siblings and cousins, but Greek certainly does. Not to mention that John the Baptist, who we know to be a cousin, is not labelled as a brother to Jesus.
50:28 Sorry, Matt, but that argument is BS, Hebrew has and always had a word for cousin. Ok, not really a word, but a cousin is your uncle's son, so we literally call them "uncle's son"...
Not to mention that Greek has that distinction, and John the Baptist is not referred as a brother to Jesus, which would be needed for this theory to be true. The whole theory is an invention created to support Catholic dogma viewing sex as a sin while holding Mary to an aprocryphal standard.
God created more people besides Adam and Eve and it is explained that after Cain killed Abel God exiled Cain and put a seal on his forehead so that "anyone" comes across him or finds him they will not harm him. There shouldn't be anyone to harm Cain if there were no other people. This proves that God made other people and Seth their third son was not born yet
The genealogies are adequate but not complete. No matter how you read the genealogies, you must concede that there are gaps. Also Biblical Hebrew has a limited vocabulary, with fewer words compared to other languages, such as English. Thus genealogical terms like “son” and “father” have much broader meanings than their corresponding English words. Thus “son” (ben, 1121) means son, grandson, great grandson, and descendent. Similarly, “father” (ab, 1) means father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and ancestor.
I could need you to answer me two questions. Do the word "all" mean nothing in the Exodus movement, or was it just a mistranslation. Like all the Egyptian animals keep getting destroyed over and over again, then all of the trees get destroyed, yet some remain. My first question is why? Second question: Why was there a chosen people prior to Abraham? I thought the Jews were special because of the sacrifice Abraham made, so how and why was there still a chosen prior? Is it because of Cain and Seth? But didn't only Seth decentance made it through the flood? Was there a chosen because of the tower of babbal, did it happen because of the curse of the Canaanites?
Yes. Cain was "cursed" by God, so his descendants were also viewed the same way. Descendants of Seth, on the other hand, would have been viewed with favor, provided they were a moral person. That number was eventually only 8 people.
@@kitfisto1827 Yes anybody could have been saved, but they wasn't. I love stories, I am an Anime junki, and I love cartoons, I get emotional from a good story. However when I read the biblical accounts there are always plot holes. Like how was Lot's daughters still virgins if they had husbands? Why is "All" miss used, I could excuse Eve being the mother of all living, because I know what the text meant by context, but I can't excuse the Exodus. It's as if they've exaggerated the story, because being a nation of farmers, having your live stock and field destroyed would be painful. So it's as if during the plagues that was the only plot they could rubbed in. I was talking about the chosen people after the flood, but before Abraham btw. Also why would God choose the Israelites just to abandon them for Christianity? I just don't get it. I am so regretful I've been so strictly following religion on the whole all m life. Not because of the plot holes, but because of Christianity. Because Christianity makes a paradox child's play with how confusing it is. I will read your responses and look into them.
@@kitfisto1827 So the tower of Babbal wasn't random? He give the children of Ham a language, and Seth another, then the other son decentance another language. Then he split them up based on the curse. When I was a Davidian, not Branch Davidian, I've read by our prophet the gentiles still had God names and titles in the original language and named their gods after them. That was the exclamation given to why the gentile gods have the same names as his titles and name in some cases. This also explains why some of the Canaanites nations were named after God. I don't believe none of that now, of course.
@famliy60 A lot of the old testament uses hyperbole and exaggeration that would have been common in story telling and language in the time of its writing. For example in dueteronomy, joshua, and 1 samuel. And probably other places God calls upon His people to “utterly destroy” another people group or city. Sometimes going as far to say leave no man women, livestock, etc.. That doesn’t happen really though, like in the bible stories a lot of times the Israelites end up mingling with or marrying the canaanites they were told to destroy. So wording like “utterly destroy” is likely a literary way for the writer to say “defeat them” with extra emphasis. And to add to that, the old testament specifically was passed down primarily by spoken word until it was written in ancient Hebrew and then translated into ancient greek then translated a few more times to finally get to current english translations. So our understanding of the text is more complicated so we shouldn’t assume its literal with some of these stories. TLDR: the context of and the time frame of the writing and literary tools being used needs to be taken into consideration when reading and examining these bible stories. As he briefly mentioned in the video The writers were likely more concerned about the theme and The theology of these stories than the literal interpretation. I hope that helps some, I pray that you continue to examine these stories. God wants you to find Him through His word and to chose Him by loving Him in. Obedience. There are lots of resources and discussions on these topics all over youtube that I’m sure you could find if you look! God bless you.
RE: The Cain and Seth bloodlines, Maybe this has to do with the assimilation of Northern Israel tradition into southern Judean tradition as explained in that one recent video (i think it was about the origin of the 12 tribes) Edit: I have a guess about the Japeth descendant named Javan - the Ancient Greek word for Ionian (Greeks) is transliterated as "Iaones" and the Persian as "Yunan." Javan=Iauan?
What makes you think James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are not Jesus’s biological brothers? Or were you not considering that for the purpose of this family tree?
What makes you think James, Joses, Simon, and Judas are not Jesus’s biological brothers? Or were you not considering that for the purpose of this family tree since it’s going off tradition?
I'd think so too, here are two reasons: 1. James brother of Jesus is assessed in extra-biblical sources, and methinks also in the Pauline epistles (tl;dr)... 2. The argument that they were cousins because "Hebrew didn't have a word for cousin" is BS. Hebrew has a term for cousin. Your cousin is your uncle's son, so Hebrew uses that phrase (mentioned thrice in the Bible) to refer to them...
@@adrianblake8876 Doesn't the Bible also tell us the John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin? So then James and the rest of them would also have been called cousins.
Abraham was an Aramite. Deuteronomium 26:4-5. He came from Ur but lived in Haran and it's not clear if it was Ur in Mesopotamia or Urfa in Turkey/Syria.
