Videos – Bronze Age Canaan
Watched 8/31/2026 – Very Good To Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldCWtO8uNjs
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My Thoughts & Others about God & the Bible
About God – What happened to YHWH? The God of Jesus, YHWH, is not the God the Christian church worships. The Christian Church did not follow Jesus as they do not call the divinity YHWH, and added Jesus and the Holy Spirit, creating the Trinity. The author of the Gospel of John surely is frustrated […]
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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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Acts 22 – Was Paul Really a Roman Citizen? Extract from above link- There are a few scholars that deny the historicity of Paul’s citizenship. He does not mention it in his letters, the only source is the Book of Acts. Several questions have been raised. First, would a “tent-maker” be able to obtain citizenship? […]
Continue ReadingWas Paul a Slave or Descended Form Slaves?
This post begins with an extract from a Bart Ehrman “Miss-quoting Jesus” podcast and then there is a series of three ChatGPT prompt-responses. Q: Paul seems well-educated for an apparently blue-collar type of guy. He’s a tentmaker or leatherworker. How did someone of this social class learn to read and write? He also seems to […]
Continue Reading“Messianic Prophecies” in the Hebrew Bible?
Below is by Claude.ai on 9/6/2026. My Prompt: I was told there are ten passages in the Hebrew Bible that predict the Messiah’s arrival and what he is supposed to do. Provide those ten and others if critical bible scholars identify more. Include the scriptures based on the WASB. Cite all sources in line. Response: […]
Continue ReadingThe Jesus Beneath Christianity
The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology? By Jim Palmer from his email of September 4, 2026. All emphasis below is mine. Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. […]
Continue ReadingSeparate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology
All below is by Jim Palmer The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology Jim Palmer, Sep 04, 2026 Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. They come from remarkably […]
Continue ReadingCreation Stories Compared
From Claude.ai on 9/3/2026 with notes based on observations mentioned by Joel Baden in Episode 1 of Misquoting Moses. Two Creation Accounts: A Source-Critical Comparison Genesis 1:1–2:4a and 2:4b–25 are widely recognized by critical scholars as two originally independent creation narratives, sewn together by a later editor. They differ in vocabulary for God (Elohim in […]
Continue ReadingA Book Review: Anthony Flew, There Is a God
From the Tabor Circle by Keith P. Myers posted 9/3/2026. Keith said “Not AI. These are excerpts from the book itself that I have edited and arranged so that it makes a nice concise summary of the major topics.” This is rather long because it is my [Keith’s] summary of an entire book. I found […]
Continue ReadingBAS – Many links Re: Exodus, Hyksos, Egypt
Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination Watch full-length lecture videos as dozens of top scholars discuss Exodus research at a 2014 UCSD conference Noah Wiener March 11, 2014
Continue ReadingDoctrine-Driven Canon Formation – The Doctrines; Part 2 of 2
This is the follow up post to Part 1 posted this morning. Below are more Claude.ai responses addressing specific doctrines scholars say were developed long after the many books were written and “Church Fathers” choose the books that could be used to support the Doctines they deemed correct. Summary from Below: A broader compiled list. […]
Continue ReadingDoctrine-Driven Canon Formation – Part 1 of 2
This post is the first of two containing Claude.ai responses that began with a request to summarize the transcript of C.J. Cornthwaite’s video embedded below. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The Part 2 post provides four of the primary Christian Doctrines scholars site as developing long after Jesus and that lead to […]
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