The Book of the Wars of Yahweh and the other Lost Scriptures of Ancient Israel 

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If I remember correctly Dr Irving Finkel mentioned that the British Museum has thousands of unread tablets written in cuneiform simply because not many scholars are able to read them. I wonder how many of these lost texts are just chillin' in a warehouse of a museum. Great episode as always!

I'll be watching the video after work, but I want to thank Dr. Sledge for being a beacon of serious, honest scholarship in a subject that often gets dragged down by all sorts of dishonesty and lunacy.

I thought, damn, it’s only for patreon members, and only then realized that I actually had the membership! 😂

"Samuel was a ... theoretical anarchist" -- yes! I love it when God tells him why it's bad to have a king. Now more than ever

I love listening to this channel as you open up different topics and perspectives on ancient and medieval history, philosophy, and culture. It’s a field I find fascinating, and where I know just enough to know that I barely know anything at all. When I was a child, I attended Bible camps in the summer. They were mostly summer camps with a lick of religion painted over the top; but some times the camps hired my Irish grandfather to conduct Bible classes. Usually these classes were superficial and boring, but when they had my grandfather come in, he would conduct the classes outdoors, sitting on the ground, his back to a big pine tree, and he would just narrate Bible stories (mostly from the Torah, occasionally from the New Testament) aloud, without reading from texts or notes, like a bard converted by Saints Patrick or Columba. When he got to a key point he would just break into a poem from the Bible that related to the story-the Song of Deborah, when telling stories from Judges, or the Song of the Sea when telling the story of the Exodus. Anyway, your channel reminds me of those times. Not in terms of style, but in the depth of your knowledge, the enthusiasm and energy you give us, and the gentleness and generosity of the way you share your work with us. I don’t know why this was on my mind today as I listened, but it was, and I wanted to share it with you, and to thank you for the gift of your sharing. Peace, brother. ✌️

I envy the time travelers who have access to these texts.

When I took Jewish Law for my Religious Studies minor, we actually had a whole class on these books that are missing. It was fascinating.

One of the most fascinating topics I came across while doing a read through over the entire Bible. I remember the Book of Kings repeatedly saying something like “and the rest of the deeds of king so and so are to be found in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel” and I just assumed it was referring to the canonical Chronicles. Then I read Chronicles and couldn’t find such things. Came to find out it was referring to a completely different book! Thank you for covering this Dr. Sledge!

No idea how this showed up in my feed. Very interesting, thank you. Not religious myself, but love history. Now i have plenty of new things to learn from all your work.

I can't believe I've been talking religion with people for decades and never heard or came up with the simple "it's a library" explanation. It's like getting hit by a bolt of simple truth. That's a much better way to surmise and convey the point. I couldn't see the forest for the fucking trees.

"Prosecuting attorney" is how I've described Satan for years. Definitely works for, not against. Great show as usual.

Today is my birthday. Beyond all hope I have made it to 64 today. And Dr. Justin puts out this wonderful work. Plus he name drops Lovecraft. What a happy birthday to me!! 🎂

Lost books seems like such a tragedy to me. I always hope for a discovery of an ancient library.

Waking up at 4am to this, what a lovely surprise

I come for the deep insight on esoteric matters, but stay for the bits. Never change, Dr. Justin.

🧠The retrospectively obvious insight that "the Bible" is fundamentally a library of diverse texts, diverse theologically, diverse of genres, from a massive stretch of time, etc, etc...is absolutely mindblowing to me no matter how obvious it seems in hindsight. 🤯 Fantasy authors (and D&D DMs) should be picking up calling sacred texts The X Library or The Library of X or what have you. Fires me up to think about!

Such a wonderful and truly compelling episode. You presented the relationship between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint in a way I’d never really heard before and it’s utterly fascinating.

Is it possible that yaweh was a real person/war lord that was deified after his death? The phrase "yaweh is a man of war, yaweh is his name" comes to mind. Same question for all other gods of the time

Perfect timing Purim, new Raz, Easter’s….. so interested in this ! Again your work is fantastic !!!!! Your brilliant and intriguing presentation is wonderful,Sir. Thank you !

I appreciate your commitment to accuracy and intellectual honesty. Presenting contradictory or incoherent information can lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations. It is important to be clear and distinct in our communication to avoid misleading others. Love that you leave such things as mysteries… “to be continued” lol

Discovered Esoterica about a couple of months ago, and while I don't necessarily have any religious or esoteric beliefs, it has been a nice fresh of content to watch for a while and a great academic source of inspiration for my DnD games. I might even make my next character based on you.

Why would the Torah have an ammorite victory song? A banger is a banger. No matter what century you live in 😅🤷

Dear Dr Sledge, You are among the only acedemics that do not treat the book of Mormon as a punchline and I am grateful for it.

Wow… what a cool channel! Thanks for all your hard work researching. One thing that really “spooked me” was the realization/confirmation I had when you said something along the lines of (paraphrasing) “When this ancient scripture was written, the lost texts referenced were ancient to THEM,” It really just confirms the idea that we as a species can try so hard to keep a record of time, but ultimately have “amnesia” due to lost texts/records of events. It makes one wonder how far back our history really goes, and if one day we will find a treasure trove revealing so much, that we maybe wish we hadn’t found it. I agree with you, Mother Earth hasn’t revealed all of her secrets about our ancestral“childhood” just yet. Hopefully we can discover something like that before it’s truly lost to time. Very fitting of you to drop a small HP Lovecraft reference. Sometimes truth truly is stranger than fiction!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to take as much Hebrew Bible during my M.A. as I would have liked, but what I did take talked a good deal about the Dead Sea Scrolls (the professor had worked on some Dead Sea Scroll texts over spring break the semester I took his class...that's a story in itself!)...but, there was never any mention of what you discussed here! The Synoptic Gospels class I took began with the professor saying, "I don't think you can understand the Synoptics unless you understand things like the Q Gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, and various other non-canonical texts," and I was excited by this (alas, not all of my classmates were, which is another story!). But non-Dead Sea Scrolls texts that are referred to in the Hebrew Bible, or are pseudepigraphal? Nope, not a word. So, needless to say: thanks a million for doing this episode, and I look forward to more related to these topics, and whatever else you decide to discuss! :)

Dr. J Sledge bringin the HEAT to a snowy Detroit Winter 2.0. Much appreciated brother.

The Book of the Wars of Yahweh and the other Lost Scriptures of Ancient Israel Exploring the fascinating world of lost scriptures across various religious beliefs and the diverse literary origins within the Hebrew Bible. 00:00 Exploring the significance and cryptic references of lost Israelite books mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, shedding light on their potential impact and the mysteries surrounding their disappearance. 05:00 Examining the significance of ancient Hebrew military epics like the Saer Mil Yahweh and Saer Yashar through cryptic references in the Hebrew Bible, shedding light on their lost but potentially influential nature. 09:31 Exploring ancient Israelite literary genres through cryptic references in the Hebrew Bible, shedding light on lost texts like the Safer Yashar and kingly annals, highlighting their enduring influence and mysterious histories. 13:48 Exploring the significance of lost Israelite literature like royal annals and prophetic texts referenced in Chronicles, providing insights into ancient political structures and cultural practices, albeit less sensational than other genres. 18:38 Exploring lost texts attributed to figures like the prophet Sen and King Solomon, shedding light on ancient Israelite wisdom literature and the cultural significance of vanished literary works. 22:39 Exploring the mythological, archaic, and possibly ancestral texts referenced within the Hebrew Bible, shedding light on the diverse and ancient literary heritage of Israelite culture. 26:48 Exploring obscure and potentially lost texts referenced within biblical passages, shedding light on the diverse and enigmatic literary landscape of ancient Israelite culture and its enduring influence.

Love when we get to see how fluent you are in these texts and their hostories. Absolutely illuminating! So much is lost without proper context. 16:59

I was definitely not expecting to hear the Hi Ho song in a discussion on ancient Hebrew texts! 🤣 Your sense of humour is delightful, and I love learning new things from your videos! Mythology is one of my biggest special interests, with Biblical study and religious study being in a bit of a secondary category. I'd love to see a future video on comparing Biblical myths to even older Sumerian and Canaanite myths, showing the similarities and places where they diverge from each other.

Dr. Sledge your doing the lord's work.... Literally.

You sir are a hero! Thanks for all the work you do.

best episode yet! thanks for all your hard work and dedication to keep us engaged with new insight and great view points!

I've been gaining an interest in it lately since my NDE.... and I can't tell you how thankful I am for your work. See, I'm autistic, and the version everyone I've ever met has given me is just here's the book. If you don't just believe without any context as to its evolution, there's something wrong with you. That had turned me off for years... during my NDE, I learned that my problem was never with God himself, but rather people who poorly represented him. You provide me with the fine detail of the minutia, that an autistic person NEEDS to gain a strong interest. So, yeah, thanks for that, too!

Absolutely and intensely good. I spend little time improving my Greek and Hebrew and it's always a pleasant surprise how even a bit of time spent on them each week makes lessons like this one even more rewarding for the efforts. Thank you as always.

I love how @centre-place lectures act like an introduction to many topics, while Esoterica (&co) goes more in depth. Kinda wishing for some collaboration

Looking forward to this. Your channel has helped with past research so I'll be jumping at this when i wake up. Cheers. 👍👍

Just listened to you on Apocrypals after having followed your channel and their podcast for years. Glad to see some of my favorites collaborating!

Oh man. You just skim so fast by something so deep to my heart. “Enrollment by genealogy” like my dad who introduced me to my familiar because I was the oldest son. We inherent familiars. We enroll into our house of spirits through genealogy. ❤❤❤ thanks. Another Great episode. 😊

I find "lost" books from various religions to be utterly fascinating. It's so interesting to try and understand how they were similar or, more interesting, how they go against the words that have been collected.

dude thank you so much for everything you do, particularly sharing. peace and love to you and yours

excited to watch! thanks as always for sharing your expertise with us here! I learn something new everytime

It suddenly makes sense. The term "Biblio" refers to "library" in many languages, and is also the source of the word "Bible".

I have learned so much about the religion I was raised in (and left for my sanity among other reasons) through your channel and I thank you for that as well as all you do.

Love this channel. The information is crazy. Appreciate it

Thank you Dr Sledge .. this was profound.

You've outdone yourself on this one, Dr. Sledge. 💥💥💥💥

Just upgraded my Patreon membership, I’m so grateful for all your work, Dr. Sledge.

@21:21 Thank you for mentioning this detail, loved it!

Fascinating topic. Another excellent production.

Thank you for yet another great lecture Dr Sledge ❤

Enjoyed the program very much,thanks again dude, your awesome✌😎

The metre of Habaqquq 3 is wild. I highly recommend learning Yemenite recitation rules for accent-punctuation, and Geoffrey Khan's reconstruction of Tiberian pronunciation. Together, it unlocks the sound/rhythm of these texts.

Another outstanding piece of work. Thank you.

Whispers of history, that's so poetic. Thank you for this great episode!

I am beginning to conclude that all of your videos are absolutely spectacular. Hello again, Dr. Sledge -- The last comment I left was 2 months ago on a video you posted nearly 3 years ago; this comment being my second on your channel. I am sincerely grateful for discovering your channel; I feel as though I owe a debt to you as you discuss & present such heavy philosophical literature, along with the accompanying history, in such a phenomenal fashion. The moment that I am more financially stable, I most certainly will contribute to your Patreon. Thank you so much for becoming an integral part in my journey of self-exploration; you serve as the most influential factor that has inspired me to pursue a doctorate in philosophy. Your videos mean the world to me; thank you again, my good sir.

Love your work Dr. Sledge. All the love from one michigander to another! \m/

I need to listen to this again and then maybe again

Wonderful video. So glad I found your channel.

Scholarly and well done sir.love your work and style.

Love your work. It takes a special attention to detail. Keep up the great work!!

This show continues to amaze me each time. That was a lot of great detail. I thought I knew a bit about the lost books but 🤯 "These books represent a whisper trough time and we are lucky to hear them at all...🙇🏽‍♂️

Dude you rule bro I love listening the all of the philosophy discussed on here

Oh nice, can't wait to watch this later I was just looking for information on the lost Book of the Wars of YHWH! I love this channel, there is so little out there like this!

I’m a total amateur, but I love this channel! Dr Sledge, greetings from west Michigan. I’m from Grand Rapids!

Had to leave work early so I can watch this and take notes.

again thank you so much.. very interesting as always, in this for decades still learning every day

😮 Amazing! I enjoy your yt channel very much, Justin! 😃

Wooohooop The Doc does it again, happy esoteric friday y"all!!!

Your work is absolutely fantastic and each video is like the most mind expanding content on RU-vid.

Love the content thank you professor. I love pre history/lost knowledge and your knowledge is enlightening

Loved this episode and I always love your work and your channel as well 💯...🙏🏼

Thank you so much for your insightful works

I love your yt channel. It is very interesting stuff. Thanks for posting.

Discussions of lost religious writings always remind me of the novel, "A Canticle for Liebowitz." Fascinating as always Dr. S.

Thank you. Your video was very interesting and informative ❤😊

This is a nice and chill channel but also educational.

Good stuff. I really need to start a book collection.

Yahweh was a family practitioner. He said to Moses, "Take these two tablets and call me in the morning."

This is why we subscribe. Keep up the great work 👍

Thank you for the amazing content.

You're the best my Brother thanks. Shalom

Well done, doctor. I’ll be subscribing!!

As always, thank you for your teachings

Great video as always

Oh my god I knew this was going to be amazing.

I like that in the background you have Japanese puzzle boxes and a surplus Soviet military dual compartment AK-47 gun oil/ storage grease bottle

Love the piano intro. ❤Cheers.

Friday night Yahweh with ESOTERICA. Fantastic 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Excellent video! The thumbnail had me hooked and the content didn’t fall short either. I’m Almost done reading the “library of the Bible” and it’s interesting to hear you point out histories little whispers of other literature haha

I appreciate your opinion on these issues. So many people in this medium tend to want to perpetuate the invalidity of these older "lost" texts. It is so easy to be duped by people who claim to be experts, and a lot of is just getting worse with random texts being self-published anonymously. I do find them entertaining to read, but I choose not to base my belief systems on them. Great video!

What a great explanation of what we don't have today in text , as opposed to what we do have , along with historical references of what many view as ( non canonical ) or "Hidden away" ............The Whisper's of History

Thank you, Dr Sledge!

I searched up Enoch and Jasher because I read of them. Jude mentioned Enoch and Jasher was mentioned in Joshua and second Samuel . Both fantastic books.

Can you do a video next about Rosicrucianism? Or if one has already been done can somebody link it here? Thanks and keep up the great work, Justin!

Thanks for another great video.

I absolutely love your teachings, thank you.

beautiful! thank you dr sledge

Thank you, again. Watching from Alaska.

Me every time I see Dr. Sledge's beard: This is the praise of that beard; the beard which is concealed and most precious in all its dispositions... the beard which is the praise of all praise.