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The Biblical Studies Academy presented Bart Ehrman’s one-hour talk titled The Birth of the Trinity on 1/9/2025. I extracted the audio and uploaded it to a transcribing service. The transcription is in his directory in DropBox. The transcription was then uploaded to ChatCPT and the prompt asked for a summary to include all scriptural and […]
Continue ReadingBobby Lane started a conversation at the BSA General Discussion forum on January 7, 2025, about the difference between Israel’s God YHWH and other Gods. Michael Waddell’s comment is worth saving and is copied below. Michael L Waddell In the ancient world, gods were very local. The first mention of YHWH in a non-Hebrew inscription […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 4o Mini on 1/9/2025. See 2nd Prompt below – Do critical bible scholars see issues with the addition of chapter, verse, separation and punctuation of the original biblical text? See the 3rd Prompt below – Cite more examples of the utility of chapter, verse, and punctuation divisions leading to a fragmented or superficial […]
Continue ReadingHere are two ChatGPT responses that provide scholars and their findings about the historicity of Joshua 6 and the collapse of the walls and killing all men, women, children, and animals. Below the first response are two more prompts: First Prompt: Provide info on Kathleen Kenyon’s work at Jericho revealing no evidence of city walls […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains significant comments to a post in the Bible Nerds section titled Were Yahweh and El, the Chief god of the Canaanite Pantheon, Good Buddies? at Biblical Studies Academy stemming from the OP by Ron Gamache dated 12/29/2024. Following is a paragraph with the question from the Original Post; Can the biblical scholars […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Critical scholars often debate the extent to which the Gospel of Mark reflects or uses ideas from Paul’s letters. While there is no consensus that Mark directly “uses” Paul’s letters, scholars suggest thematic and theological parallels. Below is a list of passages where scholars see such connections, arranged in the order of writing […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, January 5, 2025. Here’s a categorized list of stories told multiple times in the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT), along with brief explanations of their repetitions. Old Testament New Testament Notable Observations:
Continue ReadingFrom ChaptGPT The claim that the three conversion accounts of Paul in Acts (Acts 9, Acts 22, and Acts 26) were written by different authors is primarily associated with critical scholars who apply source criticism, redaction criticism, and literary analysis to the text. These scholars often suggest that the differences in the accounts reflect the […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Critical scholars believe that Ananias was a Jewish Christian based on several textual and historical clues in the New Testament, particularly in the descriptions of him in Acts 9 and Acts 22. These clues suggest that Ananias was part of the early movement of Jewish followers of Jesus who maintained strong ties to […]
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