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This episode, we're going crazy with orthography! Or maybe scriptology? Or maybe even grammatology? Whatever it is, we're looking at Hebrew letters. What could be so interesting about letters, you might ask? Well, according to an onslaught of online Christian influencers, the Hebrew letters in the Bible have coded messages that all point to (brace for the shock): Jesus! Does the Hebrew Bible have a whole second level of meaning to decode when you look not at the words, but at the letters? Well, no. But the topic of how Hebrew (and English) got its letters is fascinating, so we're going to talk about it! ---- For early access to an ad-free version of every episode of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and the opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at: https://www.patreon.com/DataOverDogma Follow us on the various social media places: https://www.facebook.com/DataOverDogmaPod https://www.twitter.com/data_over_dogma Have you ordered Dan McClellan's New York Times bestselling book The Bible Says So yet??? Buy at this link: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/bible-says-so-9781250347466/ _____________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 Intro — Taking Issue with the Hebrew Alphabet 0:50 Viral Claims: Hidden Jesus in Hebrew Letters 2:01 Kabbalah and Mystical Letter Meanings 2:56 Square Script vs. Old (Paleo) Hebrew 4:12 Dead Sea Scrolls and the Divine Name 5:24 Hebrew as an Abjad (Consonants Only) 6:34 The Tiberian Vowel System Explained 7:28 Genesis 1:1 — Finite Verb or “When God Began”? 9:37 Acrophonic Origins — From Ox Heads to Alphabet 11:09 From Hieroglyphs to Proto-Canaanite to Hebrew 13:45 Gematria and When Letters Became Numbers 16:15 Late Jewish Mysticism and Retroactive Readings 18:29 Belief vs. Historical Claim — Where the Line Is 21:58 Final Thoughts and Outro ____________________________________________ #podcast #oldtestament #bible #biblestudy #biblestories #biblereading #bibleteaching #religion #Jesus #jesuschrist #god #adonai #athiest #athiesm #faith #faithjourney #podcasting #podcastclips #podcastlife #podcasters #podcastshow #skeptic #skepticism #judaism #hebrew #hebrewbible #christianbible #christianity #newtestament #christian #christianity #christianityexplained #holybible #doubt #believe #believer #belief #utah #saltlakecity #lds #mormon #scholar #middleeast #israel #religious #church