Men in Heaven Half Hour before Women?
Revelation 8:1 – When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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From BSA – Who Wrote Luke and Acts?
The italicized portions of the Q&A below are extracts from Mikeal C. Parsons’s BAS Library article “Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke?“ Mikeal C. Parsons is a Professor and the Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University. Parsons is author of Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity (Baker Academic, 2006). Over […]
Continue ReadingSea of Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Chinnereth, or Lake Gennesaret?
From Claude.ai on 4/6/2025 based on the prompt: What do critical bible scholars believe can be learned by the use of the four names Sea of Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Chinnereth, and Lake Gennesaret in the Gospels? Cite all sources. The Significance of Lake Names in the Gospels The different names used for […]
Continue ReadingJethro, Priest of Midian
Who Is Jethro, Priest of Midian?Learn the story of Moses’s father-in-law, a trusted and wise counselorBy Robin Gallaher Branch, April 02, 2025 in BAS Library. Intro Paragraphs of her good article are as follows. The Bible introduces Jethro, who is also called Reuel, as a non-Israelite, a priest of Midian, and the father of seven daughters who […]
Continue ReadingThief in the Night
This page contains the Claude.ai responses to four prompts digging into the use of the phrase “thief in the night”. From Claude.ai, 3.7 Sonnet, Explanatory Mode, 4/2/2025. Prompts 2, 3 and 4 follow Prompt 1. PROMPT 1 – Cite all scriptures where Jesus, Paul, and others use the phrase “like a thief in the night”—using […]
Continue ReadingAnachronisms in 1st and 2nd Thessalonians
From Caude.ai, 4/1/2025. Prompt: Provide a list of all anachronisms that Critical bible scholars identify for 1st and 2nd Thessalonians. Cite all sources. I’d be happy to explore these proposed anachronisms in greater depth. Understanding these scholarly discussions helps us appreciate the complex nature of biblical criticism and the historical questions surrounding these important early […]
Continue ReadingAnachronisms in the Wilderness Narrative
From Claude.ai. Prompt: Cite the places where critical bible scholars point out the anachronistic parts where the writer is writing from a later time after the end of the 40 year period. Include the designation of the writer per the J, E, P, and D hypothesis. Cite all sources. Critical Scholarship on Anachronisms in the […]
Continue ReadingChronology of the 40 Years in the Wilderness
This page contains a Chronology by Claude.ai in Explanatory Mode and one by ChatGPT that is more condensed. Both were prepared on 4/1/2025. From Claude.ai in Explanatory Mode Prompt: Provide the chronology of the events related in the Hebrew Bible’s books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy of the 40 years in the wilderness from leaving […]
Continue ReadingThe Temple Mount
Extracts from and links to the BAS LIBRARY EXPLORER March 30, 2025 Considered sacred ground even before Solomon’s Temple stood there and bitterly contested in our own day, the Temple Mount is one of the most fascinating and important places on earth. BAS editors have compiled a special collection of articles from Biblical Archaeology Review that highlight […]
Continue ReadingPhilistine Gath: Goliath’s Hometown
Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown? by Aren M. Maeir, Carl S. Ehrlich Three of the five cities of the famous Philistine Pentapolis have long been known—Ashkelon, Ashdod and Gaza. A fourth, Ekron, has recently been confirmed by an inscription, locating it at modern Tel Miqne. Gath, the fifth, remains somewhat of a mystery. We believe […]
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