Biblical Studies and Reviews, Stephen Hackett

Biblical Studies and Reviews, Stephen Hackett

Hello! I’m Stephen Hackett and the goal of this channel is to enrich your study of the scriptures by sharing things I’m learning as I study the scriptures and providing reviews of books and resources to help deepen your study.

The battle cry of the Reformation was “ad fontes” -to the fountains-and returning to the fountain of the scriptures is something I strive to do on this channel.

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  • @WagesOfDestruction
    @WagesOfDestruction5 сағат бұрын

    Besides other people's comments that I found interesting. The Masoretic text and the Septuagint represent two of the three primary ancient textual traditions of the Hebrew Bible that scholars work with today. While both are invaluable sources, they have essential differences in their origins and transmission. The Masoretic text was produced by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes, who lived between the 6th and 10th centuries CE. The Masoretes meticulously compared and reviewed numerous existing Hebrew manuscript copies of the biblical text. Their goal was to create a standardized, authoritative version. Whenever they encountered variations between manuscripts, the Masoretes made editorial decisions, often adding small symbols to indicate how certain words should be properly read. In contrast, the Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, dating back to the 3rd century BCE. Unlike the Masoretic text, the Septuagint was never subjected to the same degree of standardization so different Septuagints contain noticeable variations. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has shed additional light on these textual traditions. Some Septuagint readings align more closely with the biblical texts found among the Dead Sea materials, as does the Samaritan Hebrew Pentateuch, which sometimes aligns more closely with the Septuagint than the Masoretic text, showing that the Septuagint preserves readings predating the Masoretic standardization. Overall, I agree with your argument that the Masoretic text is generally considered the most reliable witness to the original Hebrew biblical text we have today because of the Masoretes' careful review and standardization process. I look forward to archeologists finding out more.

  • @munbruk
    @munbruk7 сағат бұрын

    Where is the original Thomas and the Evangelium and Q? Lots of books seem lost.

  • @robertlee8519
    @robertlee85197 сағат бұрын

    I like both

  • @johnschmidt792
    @johnschmidt7928 сағат бұрын

    The septuagant was what allowed the scriptures to go out to all the world.

  • @munen-muso
    @munen-muso8 сағат бұрын

    Are you a Calvinist?

  • @SeekingAlfalfa
    @SeekingAlfalfa12 сағат бұрын

    Was he Arminian or Calvinist?

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews42 минут бұрын

    He was Calvinist.

  • @MrBus69
    @MrBus6913 сағат бұрын

    What if it was written in greek first ?

  • @pastorkeithreviews
    @pastorkeithreviewsКүн бұрын

    I love this! Can you do something with Joel Kramer of Expedition Bible?!

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviewsКүн бұрын

    I would like to. He has some good stuff.

  • @robwagnon6578
    @robwagnon6578Күн бұрын

    They say there is nothing worse than someone who pretends to know a lot about something they know next to nothing about, that is almost all atheist who act as a biblical authoritarians!!

  • @omarrp14
    @omarrp14Күн бұрын

    Religion is a burden to society

  • @tedfordhyde
    @tedfordhydeКүн бұрын

    Two main problems I have with the ESV are the manuscript family that it comes from and the fact that it has no italics! I hate that.

  • @tedfordhyde
    @tedfordhydeКүн бұрын

    Amen!!

  • @sambigg4620
    @sambigg4620Күн бұрын

    Origin early Church Father spoke Greek Hebrew and Latin. origin fought for the Septuagint all the way

  • @trappedcat3615
    @trappedcat3615Күн бұрын

    Waiting for the 7 things... 😢

  • @BillWalkerWarren
    @BillWalkerWarrenКүн бұрын

    Humm the article came out in 2014 that is the same year Bart Ehrman's book How Jesus became God was released. The article’s line about translations of translations is Bart Ehrman's opening line in his normal attack on the New Testament. Sounds like Bart had a fan . Cool video Blessings Bill

  • @LarryLarpwell
    @LarryLarpwellКүн бұрын

    newsweek is jewish

  • @BillWalkerWarren
    @BillWalkerWarrenКүн бұрын

    Newsweek is ran by CEO Dev Pragad born in India lived in England then New York he has no connections to being Jewish. And if you read his take on Israel he not a fan

  • @BillWalkerWarren
    @BillWalkerWarrenКүн бұрын

    @@LarryLarpwell the founder and current CEO is Hindu the cofounder is an atheist of Irish catholic descent Newsweek has taken an anti Jewish stance.

  • @LarryLarpwell
    @LarryLarpwellКүн бұрын

    @@BillWalkerWarren newsweek has been a jewish battering ram for decades regardless what you just said. Are you waiting for the rapture bill?

  • @BillWalkerWarren
    @BillWalkerWarrenКүн бұрын

    @@LarryLarpwell a second coming yes called up in the sky no . The word rapture in Greek more refers to a public meeting of the people going out of a city to their Lord and returning back to the city with Him triumphant . I tend to be on the Amill side of eschatology and see the church as God’s people

  • @rtg8point858
    @rtg8point858Күн бұрын

    Ditto to the comments here about your honesty of having questions on both sides of the issue. Most just want to call people useful idiots if we don't agree with them. I have been having much concern over these things lately. On one hand I feel like "we walk by faith not by sight" and we will never fully understand many of these things so just leave it in the LORDS hands. On the other hand, why didn't GOD make it stupidly clear to us. There are so many views, everyone thinks there's is correct and everyone uses the same line of "let scripture interpret scripture" and yet we have all these factions. And so I find it really makes it hard for me to want to tell others about "Christianity" (this is so hard for me to say. I use the word Christianity because I can't bring myself to say I don't want to tell them about Jesus). I want them to know about Jesus, but I don't want to invite them into this confusion of all the ist's and ism's. Please remember me in prayer.

  • @PhillipOnWater
    @PhillipOnWater2 күн бұрын

    The perfect Bible is the one I’m making kzread.infoUgkxC01MMYYxxrJwoYq5rrSH5n2TPSHRs-2k?si=Phhf_UmlA1S7ATqd

  • @logicaldude3611
    @logicaldude36112 күн бұрын

    Don't know if you've done a video on this, but I would love to see one on how the Gospel isn't about how "Jesus came and died for your sins" but rather the Gospel is that the Kingdom of God is here. The Gospels themselves make that VERY clear over and over and over again.

  • @davidperry3096
    @davidperry30962 күн бұрын

    these are excellent arguments

  • @HansTyndale
    @HansTyndale2 күн бұрын

    An old cliche but it's true, the best Bible is the one that is well read. Bibles aren't any good if they just sit on our shelves.

  • @rhopejumper
    @rhopejumper2 күн бұрын

    How is religion not a mental illness now days?

  • @kippetzold3699
    @kippetzold36993 күн бұрын

    Psalm 9 and 10 were one Psalm in the Greek. The fact that it was one Psalm and was split is seen in the fact that the first few verses are acrostic in nine in the last few verses are a classic in 10. If it were English, it would be like starting acoustically with ABC and then ending acoustically with wxyz

  • @danbratten3103
    @danbratten31033 күн бұрын

    NKJV & KJV are my two primary translations. If I'm going to reference a critical text, I typically look at the AAT (Beck) Bible.

  • @davidbrock4104
    @davidbrock41043 күн бұрын

    I use the NKJV as my primary translation but I use others. A mens Bible study group is primarily using the NLT, so I use it with them.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews3 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @zacharylavoie6889
    @zacharylavoie68893 күн бұрын

    Number

  • @Isaac-h2v
    @Isaac-h2v3 күн бұрын

    Hey Steven, unrelated question: what was the base text of translation for the different languages of the world prior to the TR?

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews3 күн бұрын

    Prior to the TR there limited translations available. Wycliffe based his translation off of the Latin. The Coptic was based on mostly Alexandrian manuscripts. The Syriac Peshitta was based on the Byzantine Greek manuscripts mostly

  • @Isaac-h2v
    @Isaac-h2v3 күн бұрын

    @@BiblicalStudiesandReviews do we know how many, or which ones were based on solely the Latin versus solely the Greek available?

  • @Isaac-h2v
    @Isaac-h2v3 күн бұрын

    Hey Steven, unrelated question: what was the base text of translation for the different languages of the world prior to the TR?

  • @BrianBeam-du4zn
    @BrianBeam-du4zn3 күн бұрын

    Great clip for KJV onlyism 😅 P.S. I'm KJV Only and love your channel. I read most of the books from my point of view and watched their videos and do appreciate another point of view. I've learned a few things listening to your channel and TR guys. BTW, it's very clear, to me at least, that you aren't KJV only, which is fine.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews3 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching and interacting! You are most welcome here. I’m not KJVO but it’s my favorite translation.

  • @BrianBeam-du4zn
    @BrianBeam-du4zn3 күн бұрын

    Do you know, or can you refer me to a website, that lists any major changes between the KJV and Geneva (1500s one)? I've looked at it a little in the major passages and haven't found any, which makes sense considering same text. I've always heard and would like to say that it is very similar to KJV and that it is a reliable translation, but I want to be sure. I've searched in vain for any major differences.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews3 күн бұрын

    I don’t know of any resources for that. My personal experience suggests that they are fairly close, with a few minor exceptions.

  • @BrianBeam-du4zn
    @BrianBeam-du4zn3 күн бұрын

    As with the mid/pre/post rapture debate so is this one. There's something most aren't considering. What if there's more than 1 rapture/gathering? 2 witnesses, those in Rev 14, the judgment of the nations in Mt 25 and Paul's for the church, 1 Thessalonians. If this is so, but most think there's 1, that would explain the difficulty and why there's so many different teachings. (Same with gospels, baptisms, church, etc... there are multiples which explains why heretics can quote plenty of Bible to prove anything). Jesus COULD have returned and set up his kingdom (Mt 11, "If ye shall receive it this is Elias." Acts 1:6, 3:19-21 where they are expecting his return. See much of Matthew which is mostly the promise of the physical kingdom being offered to Israel, very little church age doctrine). So all these passages that seem to say Christ's coming was 1st century are because they could have been, Israel rejects their king and the gospel goes to the gentiles for the mystery body of Christ which was hidden, unknown and found nowhere in the OT (other than in typology and applying gentile millennial passages to the church)

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews2 күн бұрын

    That’s an interesting take. I’ll have to think on that a bit.

  • @halflatearthjordan1215
    @halflatearthjordan12154 күн бұрын

    The stars will fall from the sky....meaning angels.........the stars are living angelic lights........ And the sky or Dome firmament will roll up like a scroll......so the pretribers hate this verse Because he comes after tribulation ....so yes it says what it says and it will happen like its stated. Mathew 24 is what it is .....earth is flat and the sun moon and stars are all living powers ....the so called planets are fallen stars or angelic fallen powers all pushing satans heliocentric lie.... This guy is wrong

  • @allanp3065
    @allanp30654 күн бұрын

    10 minimum. 12 is even better

  • @BrianBeam-du4zn
    @BrianBeam-du4zn4 күн бұрын

    Do you think there's any validity to what Ruckman, Waite and Floyd Nolan Jones say that it never existed and the letter of Aristeus is a fable and the LXX is just quotations from Hexapla and Vaticanus? Also, Gipp suggests there's so much acceptance to the LXX because it's in Greek which the scholars already know and that Hebrew is a much more difficult language.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews4 күн бұрын

    Hi Brian! Thanks for joining the membership!! I think the letter of Aristeas probably is a fable. But I don’t think they are right about the LXX being merely from the Hexapla and Vaticanus. As far as Gipp’s claim….I am sure that some scholars who favor Greek over Hebrew are a little biased in that direction but I don’t think that’s a huge factor.

  • @BrianBeam-du4zn
    @BrianBeam-du4zn4 күн бұрын

    The other side constantly harps on the original languages over ancient translations and we are told no translation can be inspired yet they prefer a translation over the original language of OT.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews4 күн бұрын

    True!

  • @georginadownie1538
    @georginadownie15384 күн бұрын

    Textus receptus comes from the 2nd century..you are lying .

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews4 күн бұрын

    Firstly, the Textus Receptus comes after the invention of the printing press and is the Greek Text underlying many translations of the New Testament, like the KJV. This video is primarily concerned with the Old Testament. Secondly, even if I said something wrong in this video, why would you assume I’m lying rather than being mistaken?

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews4 күн бұрын

    Here is a video you can watch where I specifically talk about the Textus Receptus: The Lost Verses: Bible Mystery Unveiled kzread.info/dash/bejne/qGSjmpmDk5Ovkso.html

  • @Gregori-mi2vy8nc6y
    @Gregori-mi2vy8nc6y5 күн бұрын

    Ευχαριστώ! Εκτιμώ πολύ το βίντεό σας. Καλή δουλειά!!

  • @09godschild
    @09godschild5 күн бұрын

    awesome information on the missing verses of some bibles.

  • @felipewatkinson2101
    @felipewatkinson21015 күн бұрын

    Like so many preterists, amillennialists, et al., I fear that Dr. Wilson's eschatology has colored his conclusion regarding the dating of Revelation.

  • @murrydixon5221
    @murrydixon52215 күн бұрын

    Why.. so...hard...to write?

  • @liveluke9.236
    @liveluke9.2365 күн бұрын

    Still stuck on choosing a pronunciation. It seems like erasmian would be the choice if I were to go to seminary. I know you don’t look down on erasmian pronunciation but man when you read the comments on this the modern pronunciation crowd are very territorial in some case rude.

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews5 күн бұрын

    They can be. Not sure why except it’s a little offensive to Greek speakers. I would go with modern if you can. You can switch it pretty easily to Erasmian in seminary, but I think many professors would not make you switch.

  • @liveluke9.236
    @liveluke9.2365 күн бұрын

    @@BiblicalStudiesandReviews thank you!

  • @bmanrobinson4532
    @bmanrobinson45325 күн бұрын

    "CONSTANTINE SIMMONIDES"

  • @karlwhite2733
    @karlwhite27335 күн бұрын

    The bible is 99.9% fictional nonsense. Other than geographic locations and 3 possibly 4 people, it's all fake.

  • @endoftheagereality
    @endoftheagereality5 күн бұрын

    Re-examine your conceptual understanding of the creation origin. Both theories do exist.

  • @tonysaborio1150
    @tonysaborio11506 күн бұрын

    👏👏👏 Thank you! ευχαριστώ!

  • @Stupidityindex
    @Stupidityindex6 күн бұрын

    See videos: New research expands on J Atwill's discovery that the story of Jesus is a parody of Emperor' Titus' victories. Paul the Apostle: Liar and Conman | James Valliant, Rabbi Tovia Singer

  • @paulrudiger2552
    @paulrudiger25526 күн бұрын

    To anyone who comments that κοινή ελληνική as you name it, is a dead language, is used from the Greek Orthodox Church every day, most high hierarchs use also to speak and write on that form even now. Practically it's been used again during the Greek dictatorship, we call it Καθαρεύουσα, it's not 100% the same as κοινή ελληνική των αλεξανδρινων χρόνων, but very similar.

  • @paulrudiger2552
    @paulrudiger25526 күн бұрын

    All these people that I read in the comments that have not clue about Greek, just tragic. So all the Greek universities, theological institutions, schools, monasteries, churches are wrong and you all are right.. So better to put my children in an American school to learn our language.. 😂. You all ignorants, should understand that we learn all forms of Greek, from Homer till present day. Greek changes maybe every 50 years or so and we need to learn everything, otherwise your grades in school will be low 😅.The last major change imagine happened in the beginning of the 80s, so what you talking about??Who teached Greek to the Franks after the siege of Constantinople.. The Greeks that immigrated in Italy Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Ioannis Argyropoulos, Emanuel Chrysoliras, Father Bessarion and many others, who Erasmus 😂😂. Start to reading a bit is good for the brain

  • @BiblicalStudiesandReviews
    @BiblicalStudiesandReviews6 күн бұрын

    I often tell people that native Greek speakers tend to find Erasmian pronunciation almost offensive.

  • @paulrudiger2552
    @paulrudiger25526 күн бұрын

    @@BiblicalStudiesandReviews Of course it is, is more political than scholar, they try to dismiss our culture, like they are the heirs of Greece and we are a bunch of stupids and that we don't have a clue about our language and culture. If they want to be heirs, let's say Brits they should speak Greek with any pronunciation they like 😂 give Greek names to everything, name their parliament Η Βουλή των Βρετανών and in school learn Xenophon Κύρου Ανάβασις, Ομήρου Ιλιάδα και Οδύσσεια.