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Joel Baden

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Professor of Hebrew Bible, Yale University.

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Know for a fact it’s the Hebrew Bible

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How much do I love that you wrote β€œyikesicals” like it’s based off of β€œmusicals” rather than β€œpopsicles”

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The cover of Lost in Translation by Joel Baden.

The cover of Lost in Translation by Joel Baden.

Been reading @joelbaden.bsky.social 's book while my car is getting new tires. The essays on Χ Χ€Χ©β€Ž and Χ¨Χ•Χ— were insightful. Been a great read so far, even if you're familiar with the Hebrew it gives you moments of pause you didn't consider.

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Cover of Joel Baden, β€œLost in Translation,” new book published by Fortress.

Cover of Joel Baden, β€œLost in Translation,” new book published by Fortress.

First copies of the latest book:

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I’ve got a copy waiting for you, whatever it’s called.

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Cover of Joel Baden, β€œLost in Translation,” new book published by Fortress.

Cover of Joel Baden, β€œLost in Translation,” new book published by Fortress.

First copies of the latest book:

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Ah - there’s no difference. I don’t have any way of knowing *who* inserted this (or any other later insertion) or *when* it was inserted. I care that it’s not from any of the sources and has to have been done in light of their combination. So anyone from the redactor to Augustine is fine by me.

31.07.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes;

hundreds of different people over hundreds of years;

Literally anyone.

28.07.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right! That’s where the secondary hand here got the information from. Gen 11 follows the line of Arpachshad down to Abraham. And Eber is of course on the way.

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The J genealogy of Shem begins in 10:21. In J, Shem is the father of Eber. Goes straight from 10:21 to 10:25. In P, Shem is the father of a bunch of people, mostly notably Aram. 10:24, though, has Arpachshad (a P character) as the grandfather of Eber (a J character). It’s a bridge verse.

28.07.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure! The crucial point is that there are two interwoven genealogies here: one from P, which is identifiable because every verse begins with either β€œthese” or β€œthe descendants of x,” and one from J (non-P for the haters), which is everything else. The P genealogy of Shem begins in 10:22-23.

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Deuteronomy 4:16b-18

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Deuteronomy 3:17

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Deuteronomy 3:11

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Deuteronomy 3:9

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Deuteronomy 2:20-24

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Deuteronomy 2:14-16

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Deuteronomy 2:10-12

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Deuteronomy 1:39

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Numbers 34:13-29

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Numbers 33:1-49

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Numbers 32:7-15

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Numbers 26:19

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Numbers 26:8-11

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Numbers 25:8b-9

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Numbers 22:2

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Numbers 21:33-35

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Exodus 34:10-27

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Exodus 33:2

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