Hebrew Voices #180 – SBL Reactions 2023: Part 1

February 14, 2024

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, SBL Reactions 2023: Part 1, Nehemia joins Dr. Kim Phillips and Nelson Calvillo to share the highlights of the most important annual conference on biblical studies including a review of the scholarly work of … Continue reading →

In this episode of Hebrew Voices, SBL Reactions 2023: Part 1, Nehemia joins Dr. Kim Phillips and Nelson Calvillo to share the highlights of the most important annual conference on biblical studies including a review of the scholarly work of TikTok-famous bible pundit Dan MacClellan and another session about a groundbreaking theory on the origins of ancient Hebrew accent marks.

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Hebrew Voices #180 - SBL Reactions 2023: Part 1

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Kim: This is not an artificial product. It’s not, as you said, that the Masoretes sat down and said, “Okay, here’s the half verse marker.” Extraordinarily, this has been preserved since before the fall of the Second Temple, the way naturally that the text is read.

Nehemia: Shalom, and welcome to Hebrew Voices! I’m Dr. Nehemia Gordon with this year’s SBL Reactions. And joining me from last year is Nelson Calvillo, who’s a research assistant at the Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research.

And for the first time joining me for SBL Reactions is Dr. Kim Phillips, who is a research associate at the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit, an affiliated lecturer at the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge Biblical Hebrew, and last, but certainly not least, a research fellow at the Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research. Shalom, Nelson and Kim!

Kim: Shalom. Good to see you.

Nelson: Shalom, Nehemia, shalom, Dr. Kim Phillips. Great to be here.

Nehemia: Thanks for joining me, guys. So, what we’ve done in the past, Kim, is everybody shares the top lectures they went to. SBL, for those who haven’t seen one of these before, is the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual meeting. It’s gone back to the 1800’s.

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Dolores TestermanSeptember 23, 2024 at 12:09 PM

All have bias, but even our bias can be misunderstood by others. Her bias contorts her bias differently than my bias on the same subject. I see it as the prophets are against the scribes and priests that added to what Yehovah said, and what Moses said in reporting His instructions. Worshipping idols was no doubt common religion, though a perversion of what was intended by the Creator. The woman’s point was interesting, but her conclusion shows bias against Yehovah and His instruction to love Him with all your heart and soul and might.

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