I do really appreciate Dr Bill's excursus regarding  faith (beginning at about 12:00) - although I'm somewhat disappointed in how well he is analyzed it.

Regardless it's great that he is aware  that he is simply operating off some sort of  humanistic imagination re his assertions.  He is honest about it - which is light years ahead of typical evangelical thinking - and I think that's awesome!! 🤗🤗🥳

is this believable to realize to what extent one will go to deny the literal take on Genesis 1 to 11...

I cannot believe that Zondervan or Crosswalk woud diss you like that. They have fundamentalist write books that are Creation literalists all the time but because your is primarily academic they shut you out? That makes no sense.

3:36
Creation/Genesis-like psalms.

19:20
Genesis days.

34:17
Interesting.

Wait you talk about formulaic repetition as being historical but you don't take the genealogies as strictly historically literal right?

giving up eternal rewards, for temporal ones, hmmm, not a good deal, eh...

So far so good. I've been viewing this since the first video. I'm not so sure I believe that most Jews were literate. Most Egyptians weren't literate themselves. Royalty, The priesthood and the well-to-do certainly were, and it was the same way with the Jews, and that's not being anti-semetic.

The bible proves it because the bible says it. Isn't that like plugging a surge protector into the surge protector?

This Jew comment doesn't fit. Judah was only one of twelve tribes of Israel. There are ten tribes that left the area. I'm amazed that authors will sell their soul to get published in the name of Jesus and the followers of Jesus.