This video is a lecture I gave to a group of undergraduate students at a Christian University. It takes note of some prophets before the era of kings. I start with Moses, quickly consider Bilam and his unusual case. Then I move on to Samuel, a remarkable prophet who served...
This video is a lecture delivered to a group of students at a Christian University. The Hebrew prophets are not completely unique. Other people of the Ancient Neat East also had seers, priests, and those who would determine the will of the gods. But there are fundamental differences in how...
This video is a lecture delivered to a group of students at a Christian University. The Hebrew prophets spoke their oracles from the land positioned between stronger foreign powers and mighty empires. Kings and kingdoms rise, and fall and the people of Israel and Judah are caught in the middle...
This video is a lecture delivered to a group of students at a Christian University. It's an introductory walkthrough of the map which highlights key civilizations that surrounded ancient Israel influenced the Hebrews and sometimes brought significant transformations to Israelites. It is focused on the development of nations...
A range of different people from a vicar to a translator describe how the Bible was put together and why it means so much to Christians....
Meet Rabbi David. He kindly allowed TrueTube to follow him around with a camera to see what he does all day....
A Rabbi and two Jewish scribes describe the Torah - what it contains, how the scrolls are copied, and the ways in which the Torah is used in worship....
In 2016 during an underwater excavation in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli archaeologists from Haifa University uncovered a large stone with an ancient inscription. The writing was determined to be roughly 1900 years old and bore the name of mostly unknown procurator of Judea – Gargilius Antiquus. The stone laid at the...
Psalm 23 is one of the most well-known in the Bible. It touches the hearts of so many people. This video is a reading of this Psalm in Hebrew accompanied by a new translation supplied by the reader. Let it speak to you in a new way today! ADONAI (LORD)...
