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Extracts from the “Did Jesus see himself as the Messiah?” roundtable post by Michael Waddell at BSA. From a post here containing ChatGPT’s summary of the transcript of Paula Fredriksen’s Lecture: “Turning the Tables on the ‘Purification’ of the Temple” in NINT 2025. Jesus did not heal the man with a “skin disease” NRSVue [“leper” […]

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Are John and Paul in Agreement?

Contents of this post were prepared by Claude.ai on 4/6/2026. Key Theological Conflicts and Divergences extracted from below. The Gospel of John and the Pauline Epistles – Condensed I. Overview: Are John and Paul in Agreement? Critical biblical scholarship finds that the Gospel of John and Paul’s authentic epistles share important theological ground but represent […]

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Links to Ronald S. Hendel at BAS ***

Extracted from here on 4/6/2026. Ronald S. Hendel is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He approaches the Hebrew Bible by studying the history of religions, textual criticism, linguistics, and literature. Features The Shapira Scrolls: The Case for Forgery The Kitchen Debate Exodus Combine the Best from Each Tradition […]

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