Responding to claims about the Ethiopian Bible

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[ThinkitThrough-kdfn]

Why do people with fringe ideas always seem to be making videos in their cars? I'm serious. Is it easier to record yourself sitting in a car or something?

[vincents.]

I'm waiting for her saying that Ethiopia is actually Wakanda

[pansepot]

"Allow me to lecture you after I did a 15 minutes Google search that made me an expert on the topic. "

[inwyrdn]

Why is it always the "Pagan" influence of anything? We haven't done anything to these people - we light candles, bake cookies, tend to read a lot. Yeah, we sometimes dress a bit different, but if your all-powerful deity can be toppled by an amalgamation of a book fair, renaissance festival and Home Ec, maybe he's just not that awesome.

[digitaljanus]

Of all the things I've learned from Dan, learning that the Protestants' dismissal of the Apocrypha has far more to do with economics than theology was absolutely the most eye-opening. While also making perfect sense.

[Carblesnarky]

She seems to not know about the Eastern Orthodox at all. Also there are books in the Catholic and Orthodox canon that are not in the Ethiopian canon. The Ethiopian canon is the largest canon but even it doesn't contain all the books that some Christians consider scripture.

[Geminous]

Again, THANK YOU!! I benefit so much from ALL of Your discussions!

[glovere]

What is the last thing you want to hear if you are YouTuber who makes content about the Bible? Dr. McClellan saying, "Let's see it."

[kmurphy]

It's always the amount of confidence that these liars on TikTok have. They start with a half truth, and spin a story of whatever they want from there.

[pvtillman]

It seems that reading the Ethiopian texts has a place in our historical understanding similarly to first century Jewish texts. Do you have a recommendation for an English translation of the Ethiopian Bible?

[AMoniqueOcampo]

The books not included in Protestant bibles are: Baruch, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Sirach, Tobit, and Wisdom.

Tobit is one of my particular favorites as it's a love story and an adventure with divine intervention. Baruch talks about a time when Israelites became refugees in Babylon. Maccabees includes the story of Hanukkah. Judith talks about a widow who stands up to an invading army. (Granted, it's a work of fiction, but still.) Wisdom has the same vibe as Proverbs.

Protestants are missing out! (Bragging in Catholic)

[highlightsfc]

Your prononciation of Tewahdo is really good. You sound like a native Amharic speaker lol

[orbtx]

Where's the link to the original post?

[katielewis]

Does it make me a bad person that I kinda want to see what kind of weird and whacky theology that will happen if American Protestants start adopting the Ethiopian Bible? Not to mention the inevitable KJV-only vs. Ethiopian Bible fights.

[justamason]

I'm surprised more wasn't mentioned about the book enoch.
Good presentation

[jannetteberends]

More isn’t the same as better. It’s just more.

[hardwicklamar]

Dan, I think you were responding to the King James Version of the Bible, NKJV, NIV, and all other Western Bibles. Because if you go back through history, the Ethiopians kept their history. Other than that, to this day, Western authorities continue to maintain nearly complete control over everything from its people. Just this one thing shows that you were responding to Western Bibles, as we always see in EU bible books; English words change over and over, which automatically changes the story. I think your point of argument aligns more with the Western Bibles.

[MohsenGanj]

4:57 "Kebra Nagast" what it means???

[thetambourinist]

What does "are not historical" mean? How do you determine what is not historical and what is?

[sobertillnoon]

How does one intentionally set up a dynasty? Asking for a friend.