I talked with an actual Hebrew Bible Text-Critical scholar! (Part 1)

Our final Dojo Dialogue of 2022 is an epic 2-parter! I wanted to talk to someone who’s an even bigger Hebrew Bible nerd than I am—so I brought in an ACTUAL text-critic and Hebrew expert, Dr. Christopher Dost! Chris has multiple post-graduate degrees from Jewish Theological Seminary and has taught text criticism, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Palestinian Arabic, and Spanish. He is the author of “Jesus’ Bible: A Concise History of the Hebrew Scriptures” and has worked on the Biblica Hebraica Quinta (BHQ). Here is part 1 of our discussion on all things Hebrew Bible/Old Testament! Enjoy and stay tuned for part 2 before the end of the year! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Our final series of the year! 00:04:44 - Hebrew Bible Text criticism vs. New Testament Text criticism 00:08:31 - How many languages can Chris read? 00:15:45 - Why learning Hebrew and Text criticism makes some Christians uncomfortable 00:20:33 - Bruce Metzger, Bart Ehrman, and scholars losing their faith 00:22:39 - Chris & JM discuss Bethlehem Bible College, the Christ at the Checkpoint conference…and whether or not it is anti-Semitic 00:32:15 - Disagreeing with one another without being ‘enemies’, and the importance of debate in the Hebrew Bible and Judaism 00:34:17 - the Bible is not a systematic theology! 00:36:50 - What actually IS “text-criticism” and what does a Textual Critic actually DO? 00:49:11 - How can we have any certainty reading the Hebrew Bible if there are no original manuscripts? 01:00:11 - Why some people are drawn to text-criticism…and why it is literally of eternal value! 01:02:36 - What is the Biblica Hebraica Stuttgartensia (aka. BHS)? 01:04:32 - an example of text-criticism from the New Testament (Mark 1:1) in Codex Siniaticus 01:08:55 - Do modern English translations “take words out of the Bible”? 01:11:51 - What are the “sub loco” notes in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible…and why are the books in a different order than in the Christian Old Testament? 01:19:55 - Is the Hebrew Biblical text letter-perfect in its transmission? 01:23:01 - The importance of the footnotes and the preface in Bible translations Chris’ book, “Jesus’ Bible: A Concise History of the Hebrew Scriptures”, is available at: https://tinyurl.com/4bspwdfv His scholarly volume on the sub-loco notes in BHS is available at: https://tinyurl.com/yc2n6u8r Be sure to subscribe to Chris’ YouTube channel (with TONS of Biblical languages videos!) at: https://www.youtube.com/@biblicallanguagesliteratur5079 * J Richard Middleton on Psalm 77 in Hebrew - https://youtu.be/Gi7hNFfTMXI * Mark Ward on KJV-Onlyism - https://youtu.be/r8mxvlEhKI8 * JM’s debate with Dr. Michael Brown - https://www.discipledojo.org/blog/israel-palestine * Bethlehem Bible College - https://bethbc.edu/ * Bible for the Rest of Us - https://www.discipledojo.org/bible * Systematic Theology Study Bible review - https://youtu.be/j0aURDTWa7s * BHS - https://tinyurl.com/4cbf5jfp The shirt I’m wearing, along with many other Bible-nerdy gifts, can be found in our online store at https://www.zazzle.com/discipledojo Please consider supporting this ministry if you find it helpful! - www.discipledojo.org/donate ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions: SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/discipledojo Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7 iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837 Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=181458&refid=stpr Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet Disciple Dojo is a 501c3 Nonprofit organization. As such we rely on donor support to make this teaching available freely online. Please consider supporting this ministry if you benefit from the videos or podcast at http://www.discipledojo.org/donate