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This post contains multiple ChatGPT responses related to the commonality between Tynsdale’s English translation of the Bible, Shakespeare’s plays and the KJV. Key Observations from the ChatGPT response below.
Continue ReadingSee the post here with a Claude.ai summary of Morna Weeks’ paper (in DropBox) about Tyndale and his translation. She is a translator and relates the issues they face. This post contains a summary of a good, historically oriented post as linked. Below that are ChatGPT responses with more info about Tyndale and his translation. […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from The best explanation for the Messianic Secret I’ve ever heard by Michael Waddell at BSA. Part 1: The problem The Gospel of Mark is full of places where Jesus does not want people to know who he is. At the very beginning, in Mark 1:23-25, a demon recognizes Jesus as “the Holy One […]
Continue ReadingMark Goodacre’s NT Pod Episode 104 presents places in the NRSV and NRSVue that translate the same word in the synoptics and John differently, thereby hiding examples of them being the same and in some cases, creating false positives. The transcript of his 15-minute talk is in his directory in DropBox. That transcript was uploaded […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a question posed to Bart Ehrman he shared in a post of three good questions here. Bart’s response explains what Isaiah was saying and not saying. Blog Member’s QUESTION: We have all heard of the prophecies in the Hebrew Bible that have been attributed to Jesus. Although scholars state that Isaiah 7:14 actually reads ” […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from the BAS article Phoenicia and Its Special Relationship with Israel by Ephraim Stern. The Phoenicians were the nearest people to the ancient Israelites in every respect. They spoke the same language and wrote in the same script. Even their religion was similar, at least during the First Temple period. The Phoenicians and the Israelites built […]
Continue ReadingPost by Ross K. Nichols, 9/22/2025. Why Fast for Gedaliah? On the third day of the seventh biblical month, the Jewish people observe a day of fasting. The observance is known as the Fast of Gedaliah. Who was Gedaliah, and why is his name associated with a day of fasting down to this day? In […]
Continue ReadingEpic of Gilgamesh. A fragment of a version of this well-known text was discovered at the site of Megiddo in northern Israel. From here, about the Amarna Tablets in Canaan. From Wikipedia Modern rediscovery In 1880, the English Assyriologist George Smith published a translation of Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh (right), containing the […]
Continue ReadingHovav the Midianite: Why Was the End of the Story Cut? The Midianite Origin of YHWH and Aniconism The extract below is from the great article by Prof. Israel Knohl at TheTorah.com. YHWH from the South A number of biblical traditions describe YHWH’s emergence from the south, either the southern Transjordan, the Sinai wilderness, or both. […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Here are some solid, free online Bible commentary resources with notes on what they offer: General, Multi-volume Commentaries Critical / Academic Resources Historical / Patristic These are all freely accessible in a web browser and include both classic devotional material and critical scholarship.
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