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Who Really Is Israel? The Secrets Uncovered! | Dr. Gad Barnea

Join MythVision live with Dr. Gad Barnea for a fresh look at how Judaism and Samaritanism took shape under empire. We’ll start in Persian-period Egypt, where the famous “Passover Letter” from Elephantine looks less like a grassroots memo and more like a top-down **Ḥananiah decree**. Drawing on Barnea’s study, we’ll follow this imperial fixer as he issues orders, negotiates with governors, and navigates crises—right down to that unforgettable line, “**Khnum is against us**.” It’s a vivid window into how Yahwists in the 410s BCE lived, worshiped, and survived inside an Achaemenid system. From there, we pivot north to identity: who got to call themselves “**Israel**” in the Persian and Ptolemaic eras? Using Barnea’s work on early Samarian identity, we trace the surprising revival of “Israel” as an ethnonym, shifts in divine-name spellings (YW → YHW), Samarian coinage that mirrors imperial iconography, and diaspora inscriptions from places like Delos and Egypt. The emerging picture centers on Mount Gerizim and temple-tax networks—evidence that Samaria often outpaced Yehud in the 4th century when it came to visible institutions and reach. Why does this matter? Because it’s the machinery of identity being built in real time: imperial administration, names and coins, petitions and temples, propaganda and practice. If you’ve ever asked when Torah observance becomes historically tangible, or who drew the boundaries of “Israel,” this conversation connects the dots—with receipts. Dr. Gad Barnea links Academia - https://haifa.academia.edu/gadbarnea His new book free open access - https://www.degruyter.com/document/do... #Mythical #JesusMythTheory #HistoricalJesus #JesusDebate #BiblicalCriticism #ReligiousHistory #JesusMyth #ChristMythTheory #Skepticism #SecularScholarship #CriticalThinking #AtheistPerspective #FaithVsFact #BeliefQuestions ============================ CONTACT ME Website: 👉 https://mythvisionpodcast.com/ Email MythVision: 👉 [email protected] Facebook Page: 👉 / mythvision Facebook Group: 👉 / thewaterboyzradio Twitter X: 👉 https://x.com/DerekPodcast - - @DerekPodcast TikTok: 👉 / mythvision Instagram: 👉 / dereklambert_7 Discord: 👉 / discord =========================== Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @mythvisiontv