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Summary by Claude.ai using the transcript in his directory in DroBox.: CJ Cornthwaite, “A gospel fragment matches John word-for-word. Egerton Gospel” ThesisCornthwaite presents the Egerton Gospel (P.Egerton 2 + P.Köln VI 255) as an early, non-Gnostic gospel fragment that resembles John in sayings and the Synoptics in narrative framing. He says it “could even be […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai based on the extract (italised below) from the last post, Paul, Origen, and Augustine by Paula Fredriksen. Prompt: Expand your comment: Origen. Because he asks how God can be just in punishing sin, he gives a God who is all-powerful, wants everyone saved, and throws no creature away. His God is a teacher […]
Continue ReadingSummary by Claude.ai using my transcript of the video embedded below. The transcript is in her Directory in DropBox. Prompt: Summarize the attached transcript particularly noting Paula’s comments about the changes in the perception of God as the belief about sin evolved. She has talked and written about this in other places so pull from […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 10/7/2026. Provide a table that lists the different creation and flood myths in the Ancient Near East and Mesopotamia. Include a brief summary of the story and characters amd when each is estimated to have been written and where. Include a column citing where scholars believe each one contributed to the Hebrew […]
Continue ReadingFrom Wikipedia. Enūma Eliš (also spelled “Enuma Elish”), meaning “When on High”, is a Babylonian creation myth (named after its opening words) from the late 2nd millennium BCE and the only complete surviving account of ancient near eastern cosmology. It was recovered by English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard in 1849 (in fragmentary form) in the […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the transcript of a Youtube Short by Mark Goodacre titled “Born again or From Above”. He says the Greek word clearly means from above as “being born from above, being a citizen of heaven, that’s one of the key messages of John’s Gospel.“ Scroll past the transcript for ChatGPT’s long and interesting […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 10/6/2026. Prompt: Prepare a table listing the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension events in each of the four gospels and Acts. Response: I’ve placed Paul’s letters first because they are the earliest writings, roughly 50-60 CE, before any Gospel. The seven letters are Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a Claude.ai summary of the Misquoting Jesus pod cast of 10/2/206. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The summary enumerates the issues Bart Ehrman thinks are most significant in the KJV v.1611. Summary: Bart Ehrman on the KJV 1611 Source: Ehrman & Lewis, “KJV is a Literary Masterpiece and a […]
Continue ReadingBabatha of Maoza: A Life Preserved in the Cave of Letters with embedded video by Olga Sakharov on September 22, 2026 2:00 pm This is a good short video with real people on location.
Continue ReadingPersonal Papers of Babatha of Maoza by Ross Shepard Kraemer (ed.) Abstract In the late 1950s, Israeli archaeologists excavating a cave associated with Simeon bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt against Rome (ca. 132–35 c.e.), found a set of papyrus documents rolled up in a leather bag. These turned out to contain the […]
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