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Did King Ahab Worship Yahweh? Discovered temples complicate biblical story by Lauren K. McCormick; June 29, 2026 in BAS. A Rival to Solomon’s Temple: The Place of Worship at Tel Moẓa Explained by Marek Dospěl, in BAS, September 14, 2021. Samaria – Capital of Israel by Rupert Chapman
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s summary of a summary by Joseph Nobles/BSA of Bazzana’s chapter in Paul Within Paganism, not the original article itself. Here’s a summary of what Joe’s summary contains. “Paul among the Other Possessed” — Giovanni B. Bazzana (pp. 121–138 in Paul Within Paganism, ed. Chantziantoniou, Fredriksen, and Young) Summarized by Joseph Nobles of […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains extracts from The Geochemistry of Intrusive Sediment Sampled from the 1st Century CE Inscribed Ossuaries of James and the Talpiot Tomb, Jerusalem by Aryeh E. Shimron, Moshe Shirav, Kevin T. Kilty, Ludwik Halicz1, Rolf B. Pedersen, Harald Furnes. A PDF copy of the report is in the James Tabor/James Ossuary directory. The […]
Continue ReadingSummary by Claude.ai of the BAS article “How the Serpent in the Garden Became Satan” Shawna Dolansky | Biblical Archaeology Society. The PDF file of the article is in Dropbox/Satan. Below the summary is the prompt “How do critical bible scholars view the position of the writer of that article?” and the response. Claude says […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a focused summary by Claude.ai on 6/27/2026 of the report Open Journal of Geology > Vol.4 No.3, March 2014 titled The Authenticity of the James Ossuary A PDF of the report is in Tabor’s directory in the subdirectory ‘James Ossuary’. The following Aramaic inscription appears on one of the long outer walls of the […]
Continue ReadingThis post was started to prep for CU’s July 4th, 250th Anniversary celebration by showing the movie “A Great Awakening”. The content below is about that movie. From ChatGPT on 6/26/2026 – Prompt: What are the critical bible scholars’ views of the movie called “A Great Awakening” Response: There has been very little published commentary […]
Continue ReadingWilliam Wade Burleson – Posted in his Facebook page. Extracted on 6/26/2026. pondetosSru1a3g7t7309u553m25hm421225cu25l5iham1m7ci67c10t6gf · SLAVERY, SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY, WOMEN, AND THE FOUNDERS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION … History possesses an extraordinary ability to humble every generation that believes it has finally learned to read the Bible correctly. Few examples illustrate that truth more vividly than the founding […]
Continue Reading“Time Capsule” Cave Discovered in Israel Cave inhabited 400,000 years ago illuminates prehistory by Lauren K. McCormick, June 26, 2026 Archaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric cave in Fureidis, Israel (south of Haifa), dating between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago. The archaeologists describe the cave as a “time capsule” because it remained largely undisturbed for hundreds of […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/25/2026. Prompt: Provide an essay based on the work of critical bible scholars about the destruction of the bronze serpent (Nehushtan) by Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18:4. The serpent may originally have been a legitimate cult object but later became treated as an idol. Include the thoughts about the timing of that […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/25/2026 Prompt: The imagery of a bull as representative of the deity was used in the ancient Near East. Was it used by the ancient Israelites in the Abraham to Moses time and later? Cite all sources in line. Response: Yes. Most historians of ancient Israel and critical biblical scholars conclude that […]
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