0:00:30.536,0:00:34.536
I've been a preacher for more than 30[br]years. I've studied and taught through

0:00:34.536,0:00:38.536
the book of Genesis many, many times[br]in churches all around the world

0:00:38.536,0:00:42.536
and I've trained pastors in the skills of[br]interpreting texts

0:00:42.536,0:00:46.316
and it's very clear they're not stories[br]about Gods.

0:00:46.316,0:00:49.766
They're stories about the powerful ones in[br]the bible.

0:00:49.766,0:00:53.996
And the sky people, the Anunarchi? [br]in the Sumerian tablets

0:00:55.826,0:01:08.626
sound effect (describe the sound)

0:01:10.604,0:01:14.521
[narrator] In 1896 eminent scholar [br]Nathaniel Schmidt

0:01:14.521,0:01:18.964
was fired from his position[br]as Professor of Semitic languages

0:01:18.964,0:01:21.564
at Colgate University

0:01:21.685,0:01:26.735
For eleven years, this American University[br]had enjoyed Nathaniel Schmidt rendition ?

0:01:26.735,0:01:28.575
and Semitic Languages

0:01:28.575,0:01:34.115
He delivered numerous courses in Hebrew,[br]Aramaic, ? , Arabic , Syriac

0:01:34.115,0:01:37.355
and other ancient languages besides

0:01:37.418,0:01:42.028
In fact, Nathaniel Schmidt was one of [br]America's leading scholars in the field

0:01:43.377,0:01:46.567
So why, after eleven years [br]of outstanding achievement

0:01:46.567,0:01:48.840
was he tried for heresy,

0:01:48.840,0:01:52.400
and fired from ? in 1896?

0:01:53.328,0:01:56.068
Vowed about Christian and a baptist pastor

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The authorities considered that his recent

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
theological papers had stroke at the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
very roots of two world religions,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Christianity and Judaism