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