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From ChatGPT The statement “Depart from me, I never knew you” is found in Matthew 7:23. Matthew 7:21–23 (NRSV): “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, […]
Continue ReadingYale University’s David Gelernter Yale University’s David Gelernter—one of America’s most respected computer scientists—has become an unexpected but influential critic of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. His shift is not ideological but analytical: after decades of studying complex systems, probability, and biological discoveries, Gelernter concluded that Darwin’s model no longer fits the scientific evidence. As he famously […]
Continue ReadingAbraham’s Eight CrisesBy Larry R. Helyer The Binding or Sacrifice of IsaacBy Robin M. Jensen Parallel Lives: The Trials and Traumas of Isaac and IshmaelBy Curt Leviant The Patriarch Jacob—An “Innocent Man”By Carl D. Evans Rachel and LeahBy Samuel Dresner
Continue ReadingThis post is Claude.ai’s summary on 9/22/2026 of an essay by Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine published and downloaded from TheTorah.com at the links below. The essay presents a core Jewish-Christian divide that is a puzzle: many Jews find the Christian belief in atonement through Jesus’s blood strange, while many Christians assume Jews lack […]
Continue ReadingThis post is Claude.ai’s summary on 9/19/2026 of an essay by Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine published and downloaded from TheTorah.com at the links below. The essay presents a core Jewish-Christian divide: Christianity’s belief that Jesus is both messiah and God’s “only begotten” son, versus Judaism’s rejection of a divine “son of God” as […]
Continue ReadingFrom Chat GPT on 9/21/2026 Prompt – Given the history and events in our last two conversations related to Genesis 48, 49 and 50, how do critical bible scholars see the time line related to Egypt’s domination of Canaan before, during and/or after the Jacob-Joseph-Moses stories. Cite all sources in line. Previous Posts in this […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains more followup prompt/responses in the Joseph conversation with Claude.ai on 9/20-21/2026. The question here is did the tribal areas of Ephraim and Manasseh have economic advantages over the others. The previous posts are: Prompt – Did the tibal areas of Ephraim and Manasseh have and economic advantage over the others? Response – […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai that was a followup prompt-response in the long conversation about Joseph on 9/20-21-2026. The other posts are: Prompt – As Joseph’s two sons each are a tribe and the other 11 sons of Jacob are tribes that adds up to 13. But there is only 12 tribes. What happened?
Continue ReadingThis post contains most of James Tabor’s post on 9/20/26 sharing the story and his interpretation of the scriptures. After Tabor’s post is the relevant scriptures from Leviticus 16, Legacy Standard Bible. All emphasis is mine. “Being “washed in the blood of the lamb” has become a more appealing cultural image in our Christian imagination, […]
Continue ReadingThis post is follow up to the post and Genesis 49-50 with scholar’s insights into the cave, whose buried there, and more. Prompt to ChatGPT: In Genesis 49, Jacob wants to be buried in Machpelah. Where is that? Response: Machpelah is traditionally identified with a burial cave at Hebron, in the southern hill country of […]
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