Even as a non jew I found this very interesting and informative. Thumbs up.

When European scholars speak of the historic Israel, they dismiss Egypt and Egyptian history. Yet, Egypt is mentioned 200 times in Genesis and Exodus alone. They clearly follow what seems to be an African tradition of unifying tribes through marriage. Kush and Ethiopia are mentioned separately. They should not be considered the same nation though they are the same people.

Fascinating.

Was the story of Abraham written down before the tale of Moses at Sinai ? How long were the Hebrew origins related orally ? Did Abraham really exist or was the foundation couple (Abraham and Sara) an adaptation of Brahma and his daughter/wife , Sarawati , from Hindu myths ? Abraham and Brahma are spelled the same in writing without vowels .

Excellent video ^_^

Thank you for this information, Rabbi. Ive recently been getting into discussions with my mom (whos a bit of a scholar in biblical studies) who believes wholeheartedly that the Hebrew God, or Adonai, chose the Jews as his people. And this began, among many others, a streak of multiple conversations on the topic of Judaism, monotheism, and the origins of Genesis.. based on your video, im curious of your research on the origins of Genesis, especially considering how Abraham hails from Sumerian culture and took some origin stories with him, consequently leading to Judaic origin stories and the global interpretation of our origins and purpose, which all/most seem to stem from ancient Sumeria? And therefore, who were these people, and how did their lineage last until today? Im also curious on your thoughts regarding the chronology of the Bible. Firstly being that it was essentially selected over generations; of course, it didnt spontaneously generate by the hands of God, it was created and preserved over millennia. But therefore i raise the question, is there any validity to the chronology depicted opposed to the True chronology? Are these Biblical stories we see today just a product of natural selection at the fallible hands of Man? i also ask this because a lot of the latter parts of the Bible, along with (i believe) many predictions/aspirations of the Judaic view, seems to depend on the chronology of events, bloodlines, prophesies, etc, being accurate. So if there isnt validity in this order of events, then the entire narrative crumbles, and the Bible becomes no more than poetic and metaphoric proverbs and parables. all religion crumbles. Now im not saying this is my view, but i am saying that im struggling to find Truth in any religion becomes it never seems expansive enough; it seems theres always a plothole that manifests simply to keep the story intact. I feel the Truth goes beyond any story, and well beyond our universe and even our dimension. In which case, is Adonai experienced whilst on the path of religion, or on the path of spirituality without dogma? Could Adonai only exist when stripped away of any preconceived notion, esp those of anthropomorphism? As you can see, there are many question marks in this ramble lol my spiritual path has been quite the journey of discovery:) Open to anyone's thoughts/feedback/opinions, etc. Bless up KZfaq

The world UR in germanic languages does not go back to the Sumarian city of Ur.

Dear Rabbi Adam! How can I join Your community physically and geographically?

Wow as a former Christian it's refreshing to hear some truth. I am curious to see what your other videos present. Well done

The Quran does not say that there is a favorite son regarding Ismael and Isaac. No distinction is made between them in the Quran. The Quran does not waist time making any groups of people to be chosen. The Quran is more concerned with righteous behavior in humanity, not some small tribe. As far as Quran is concerned, being born to a certain a family doesn't mean anything, being a good person is more important.

There were camels in the area. They have found this out and yes there was camels in the Middle East.

Excellent.

well done lecture. congrats. from etienne dipl. theol. uni.

@2:26 The problem is, the Torah say's that God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac, when Isaac was the 2nd son, so how did he become the only son; was Ismail chop liver ????

As a "struggling (secular/ humanistic) Christian / Buddhist". I was searching for this information and found it here. Presented with "warmth" and simplicity, from an open Mind AND Heart.. This IS TRUTH.. Thank YOU.

The synthetic common ancestor legend was common in the ancient world. Cassiodorus gave the Goths an ancestry that gave them common Trojan ancestors. In WW2 the Australians supposedly told the Papuans that they too were white because they also had hairy armpits.

Let's Start from Noah and take if From there

You need to investigate “is Genesis History?” and Timothy MaHony’s videos archeology of Avaris

At the very beginning, there was a mistake. Islam doesn’t suggest that Isaac was not favoured. It only claims that Ishmael was the one that was to be sacrificed as his only son. When Isaac came along Ishmael was moved out of picture because of the role Isaac had to play ... basically, the claim takes nothing away from Isaac’s importance, unless being a candidate for sacrifice is the only major importance ...

@12:37 because duh, history repeats itself? Anyone living over 25 years on this earth realizes that.

Read the Book 13th Tribe by Arthur Koestler

Anyone pls help. Why was the old testament written in Hebrew language?

I’m confused...If you feel it’s not true, how can you be a Rabbi? I’m not Jewish but I would think a Rabbi would enforce the Torah? Please correct me if I’m wrong

Isnt there a tomb for abraham in israel?

On the notion that there is no evidence of Abraham, are you also implying their burial sites in Hebron are fake?

Minute 31, "we were more destructing than constructing" and I agreed because he just told about why he doesn't accept the Bible narratives about the Hebrew origins but he never honored the title of the video, offering a well documented theory about the truth origin of the Hebrews. Disappointed, more of the same🤨

Doesn't the Commandment, worship no other gods before me, mean that when it was written, these proto-Jews were allowed to worship other gods; just YVWH had to be number 1?

Was Abraham a ancient sea merchant

Isaac's Oldest Son is the Sasquatch People as described in the Books of Genesis and Obadiah. So doesn't that mean Genesis 25:23 is Stating that "Jacob" is ALL Modern Humans ?

I like this guy.

@11:50, Yhwh and his Ashera... interesting.

Isn’t there some truth in myth?

The art reminds me of the dogon tribe and their art

What kinda rabbi is this guy supposed to be when he doesn't even believe in any of the scriptures?

I’m here because of school lol

I'm baffled how intelligent people can, today, be adherents to any religion.

Between Genisis 1 and 2 there is a gap. This gap is millions years if not billions. This explains the preadamic man where they found wives. Ethiopia is the cradle of mankind. The science does not lie.

Why didn't God just do away with the 'unwanted' people Him/Herself? Wouldn't that have been better, cleaner, more efficient? A written 'land grant/deed' would have been very useful also.

@10:00 - Is anyone else registering that YHWH has a bull’s head…?!

The Bible said that Jacob's name should be changed to Israel. But it still calls him Jacob. The name change did not take place. Jacob's family of 70 people went to Egypt after the Pharoah invited them. After 430 years, the number of Israelites became at least 2 million of which 600,000 were men. Is it possible that their population grew by 30,000 times in 430 years?

Mizrain in old Yemen.. not i Egypt

The fact that you are a Rabbi and still able to promote this, is true tolerance.....if an Imam was talking this way, islam would fatwa him in a NY sec.

Maybe whole Generations only had one name. So a buncha Jacobs and 1 Leah, 1Zilpah, 1 Rachel and 1 Bilnah per Jacob?

The German prefix Ur- has nothing to do with the town Ur. The term is a bit more than 1000 old, used in nordic or germanic languages for the origin of something. At that time the sumerian town of Ur was unknown here as was yet christianity unknown to a great number of people in northern Europe. Btw we can multiply the prefix, so a Urururopa is 3 generations before your granddad. Try this back to Adam!

It's been said often enough that the 'bible is guilty until proven innocent', and even then it's often not believed. And no wonder - there's a lot at stake.

Well that was the difference

Thought Abraham was Syrian.

Finally refreshing to hear the truth

Listening to this teaching, I could feel much was questionable, wrong. As an example what does 'seeing his father's nakedness' mean? Cross reference Lev. 18:8, 20:11. This has no reference to seeing one's father naked, it's a reference to not having sex with your step mother. Canaan brought with him the traditions of the old ways before the flood, then the curse from Noah was added, look where his descendants moved to, all the nations giving Israel troubles today.

The exodus was not about leaving Egypt for Syria/Palestine. Moses never arrived there. Instead, he fled south into Nubia and crossed the Tekeze River into Abyssinia(Valley of Tor Sina). Note, Tor Sina refers to the towering mountains on the Abyssinian Highlands of the African Plateau.

The TRUTH is ithe book was not written to the people who interpreted it

Is it fair to say that the originators of the Jewish religion took on wives from the lands they traveled? So, if true. then Jews should have North African and middle eastern DNA? Isn't Jewish identity passed on through the mother's line? If Jews are of middle eastern origins then why is their DNA today mostly European? I'm not trying to offend, I just would like to know.

As long the Phoenicians invented the first alphabet, that means they're the origin of any alphabet. not verse versa.

Koran NEVER said that Ismael is the favorite son!!!! haaaaa.

How come you people don`t ever mention the god Abraham and his father was worshipping in UR ? Cause it disproves monotheism ? The history of Yahweh shows he was the god of the gold miners in the Sinai before the Hebrews got there. He has other names !

I got to @10:00 and decided I was done listening to you teach doubt of a Bible older than you.

Funny Egyptologist will tell you there is no evidence of there being slavery or a slave trade in Egypt when the Joseph story supposedly takes place.

Alll just personally interpretation per

Thank you for this lovely video,. it got my curious about my origins so I looked some online and took the My Bronze Age Origins test (Gene Plaza). I found out that I was 14% ancient Hebrew, the people of the Bible! I never knew I was Israelite, but I guess I should have known because I was always curious about the bible stories and always felt part of the people of the bible. Now I have proof. I have also 22% Chongoni Rock art , which fits with my ancestry because I am a quarter black. Just a warning, don’t get the beginner test, it’s cheaper but it doesn’t have the ancient people of the Bible.

So, between you & the handful of other scholars who seem to legitimately take this area of study seriously, it seems like the story is currently: --Egypt & Hittites fight over holy land back & forth for generations, until both cultures seem to suddenly go into serious decline at roughly the same time. --Around the time of that collapse, people in the holy land rose up against their existing elites (maybe out of wanting freedom & fearing that these people would sell them out to a more powerful kingdom again, though it does also coincide with the Bronze Age collapse) & the early Hebrews clearly rose up from those who already lived in the region. --Hyksos are Philastines & may be the origin of why Judea put rules about eating pigs into their religious writings, as the Philastines were the ones who brought pigs to the region initially, which eventually leads us to the modern Jewish practice of eating Kosher. --Israel & Judea had slightly different interpretations of religious doctrine, leading to them hating one another, which is probably why there is so much conflicting information in the Old Testament. --Yahweh clearly had a wife, showing some sort of pantheon. People keep hanging their hat on Asherah also being said to be Baal's wife, discounting multiple inscriptions tying an Asherah directly to Yahweh, having a place alongside him for worship in the temple & Asherah apparently being tied even to modern language in the region as just being "wife," which could easily mean that Baal's Asherah & Yahweh's Asherah aren't even the same deity. --The oldest mentions of the worship of anything approximating a Yahweh can he traced to the Red Sea region in general, from Sinai, through Saudi Arabia. --Ethiopians, with ties to Sheba across the Red Sea, have wildly different religious stories & interpretations, despite also identifying as Christian-- which Hebrews clearly venerated Sheba, so who knows how seriously we ought to take them. --and, if people demanding their own religion be true & refusing to acknowledge all evidence to the contrary didn't inspire enough confusion, we also have to deal with the fact that Israel & Judea were two of many Semitic cultures who all may have had their own religious variances & were blended with & built on top of other cultures related to or heavily influenced by Egypt & Mesopotamia.

This is not a secular ( non Religious) history of the Hebrews

Rabbi, no other God before me, may well refer to adulturating and expanding religions based on imaginary psychoanalysis of God as well as avoiding he "deities" as products of imagination to suit personal or social interests. But I very much admire your adherence to the Laws of Physics, which themselves are sacrosanct, UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE! Realy, might we no see the Heavens as a vague feelings which, as dogs ae not equipped to read a newspaper, we are not able to understand?

Rabbi, why is it a mystery that mythical Cain was able to find other people outside of YHWH's portion of the land? The Six Day myth of creation is deliberately kept separate from the Gan Eyden myth of creation to allow for this. First the land and humans (in general), male and female together, is created out of already existent chaotic formless matter. Then, YHWH takes a Shabbat from "his" labor. Then, in parallel to the first creation story, a human is created to work the garden that is planted in YHWH's land, a mythical human that would be split into the Adam and Eve progenitors of the Levant peoples. Thus, when Cain murders his brother and is marked for exile and separation from his god's land, he very prosperously creates both a family lineage and city through intermarriage with non-Levantine people. The concept that all humans are descended from mythical Adam and Eve only becomes mythical reality after the great Flood myth. According to our Jewish take on this myth, all peoples after the flood are descended from Adam and Eve *through* Noah's family.

"They knew it was true because they believe it was true" Classic agnosticism!

Sumer was not the first civilization ! Arratta, which is in Turkey was a civilization that existed before Sumer. They built Gobekli Tepe ! Gobekli Tepe is 11,000 years old. So you had people in Turkey long before the Sumerians occupied Sumer.

The archaeologic evidence supports the Bible so much. I'm all for difference of opinions. I am not so much into personal facts". There are just facts; not yours or mine.

Turns out Cleopatra was pretty average looking, I think it must've been more her status and genius that made her so appealing. She had a proper roman and middle eastern schnoz. I'm sure she was beautiful, it's whatever, it's just interesting how that became a myth and then how that reflects in our times as Elizabeth Taylor or whatever - the norms changing and what is regarded as beauty etc. All women are beautiful!

Moses was imhotep and is usually dated incorrectly. Moses is def history.

The pottery and general Jewish traditions and language and post Israelite stories are very Greek in a sense where the very pottery with a Bull figure is very similar to the story of Zeus,Europe,Io where the Lah a Lunar that Jews and Muslims worship is very similar to Hera the wife of Zeus whom he cheated Her with many consorts not to mention that Baal the Storm war deity has a loads of similarities with Zeus. Knowing that Jewish traditions just as Greek or Arabic language and stories are more closer related to Phonetian stories and cultures then that of Elomite and Ugaritis who actually worshiped Él as they own deity it raises basic questions whether the Jews did like Elijah story suggests becomes Phonetians Philistin or they where simply Philistins Phonetians from the start.

“Devine genitals” 😂

"Secular humanistic Judaism" is an oxymoron. Maybe in the leftist brain but that is another topic. Siting Haaretz is laughable.

nice guy but I don't like his conclusions

Abraham did exist.I know it hv proof. But would't spill it out here

What's "universal" 😂so Noah wasnt a jew n he was universal he says! Meaning?

Tou noticed yje servants are black but not tje patriarchs...interesting??

If Abraham came from Mesopotamia and he understood history as they knew it, then his historical stories with obviously be related to theirs. This isn't a hard concept to grasp.

These are not the first inhabitants, the Lyrans fled their planet to the planet Earth after their moon was destroyed in a galactic war. They then set up camp near Egypt and built the pyramids of giza which were used to generate power for the Stargate. Humans are genetic hybrids of galactic beings.

A lot of misinformation

Not Jewish, Hebrew and Israelites.

Abraham lived around 1800 BC. As usual, the rabbi is silly, doesn’t know anything.

Jews/jewish people have nothing to do with torah. They were Hebrew people and Israelites.