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Currently Playing: 66 Books, 40 Authors, 1,500 Years: Does the Bible Hold Up?

It's everywhere right now: the Bible is 66 books, written by 40 authors, across 1,500 years, on three continents, all saying the same thing. This week we take that apologetic apart piece by piece — the canon that was never fixed, the authorship attributions that arrived centuries after the fact, the Hebrew that didn't exist yet, and the "three continents" that fit inside a circle smaller than the Mediterranean. One part of the claim actually checks out, and we'll happily give it up. _______________________________________________ Get your Data Over Dogma merch at our online store: https://data-over-dogma-shop.fourthwall.com/ _______________________________________________ Support Data Over Dogma and get every episode early and ad-free, plus exclusive bonus content — become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma _______________________________________________ Listen to the podcast on every app: https://pod.link/1681418502 _______________________________________________ Follow us: Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/dataoverdogmapod TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@data.over.dogma.pod Threads — https://www.threads.com/@dataoverdogmapod X — https://x.com/data_over_dogma Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod _______________________________________________ Get Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book, The Bible Says So: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/ _______________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Welcome Back 0:48 Taking Issue With Apologetics 1:47 The Claim In Full 3:22 There Is No "The Bible" 6:34 A Comedian Popularized It 7:22 Wes Huff's Version 8:08 The 40 Authors Problem 9:07 Did Moses Write Anything? 11:02 Anachronisms And Attributions 12:40 David, Solomon, And Psalms 13:20 Hebrew Didn't Exist Yet 14:27 Where 1,500 Years Comes From 15:46 Dating A Nonexistent Exodus 17:35 The Three Continents Claim 18:17 The Origins Of Source Criticism 19:34 The Real Chronological Window 21:43 Counting The Actual Authors 25:50 Three Languages: Point Granted 26:16 The "No Contradictions" Claim 28:32 Begging The Question 30:11 Outro _______________________________________________ #DataOverDogma #BibleScholarship #Apologetics #BiblicalCanon #Pentateuch