#245 - Bible Scholar Responds to Ammon Hillman: Was Jesus Christ a Trafficker? | Dan McClellan

Danny Jones Podcast

Dan McClellan is a biblical scholar & an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. McClellan was the winner of the Society of Biblical Literature's 2023 Richards Award for Public Scholarship.

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OUTLINE 00:00 - Dan's academic background 06:02 - Septuagint predates the Torah? 22:30 - Fake Dead Sea Scrolls 26:03 - Greek found in Synagogues 32:35 - Inaccuracies with translation 39:57 - Bible scholar paradox 42:36 - Dan's personal bias 46:43 - Torah origins 50:01 - Moses never existed? 56:33 - Was the Christ a drug? 01:09:09 - Did the Bible misinterpret words? 01:15:58 - Jesus in the public park 01:20:22 - Was Jesus Christ a trafficker? 01:26:22 - The False Prophet 01:28:39 - Eyewitness vs authored accounts 01:33:24 - Why Jesus died so fast? 01:34:36 - Dan's take on Anunnaki 01:43:21 - Pagan influences in the Bible 01:56:48 - Misconceptions about Christianity