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From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What is meant by the phrase “weeping for Tammuz” in Ezekiel 8:14? The phrase “weeping for Tammuz” in Ezekiel 8:14 refers to a ritual mourning practice associated with the Mesopotamian deity Tammuz (Sumerian: Dumuzi). Tammuz was a god of fertility, vegetation, and the cycle of […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Based on the historic bible scholars prepare a 2000-word paper on female deities worshiped in house shrines in ancient Israel and adjacent peoples. Discuss their motifs and the context. Cite any scriptures from the ASV and list all sources at the end of the response. […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Provide a timeline 200 years before and after 323 BCE that is Alexander the Great’s Death and Division of the Empire. Provide the sources in a list at the end of the response. Here’s a timeline spanning 200 years before and after 323 BCE, encompassing […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com on 11/16/2024. Prompt: List the scriptures in Matthew where the writer refers to an event fulfilling the scriptures. Cite the scriptures from the NRSV and the context of each scripture in the Hebrew Bible that scholars believe is being referred to. At the end of the response […]
Continue ReadingThis post references two BAS articles and includes comparison maps. Where Is Abraham’s Ur? by Cyrus H. Gordon, published in 1977, and Abraham’s Ur—Is the Pope Going to the Wrong Place? by Hershel Shanks. Shank’s article references the one by Gordon. The following is Claude.ai’s summary of the first article. The PDF is in the BAS directory in […]
Continue Reading6,500-Year-Old DNA Points to Ancient Migration – BAS by Robin Ngo, August 31, 2018. “The genetic analysis provided an answer to the central question we set out to address,” said co-author Dr. David Reich. “It showed that the Peqi’in people had substantial ancestry from northerners—similar to those living in Iran and Turkey—that was not present in earlier […]
Continue ReadingThis post provides the link below to a very good lecture by Dr. John J Colins and then a ChatGPT prompt/response about the social and political eventss at the time of Qumran and the Scrolls. From ChatGPT 11/14/2024. First Prompt – Prepare a 1000-word paper that presents the events and people of Qumran and their […]
Continue ReadingFrom Chat GPT 11/14/2024 Prompt – Where was the Parthian frontier in the year 129 BCE, when Antiochus mounted a campaign. Address the history of the Parthians addressing who they evolved from, where, and when. Cite the sources at the end of the response. The Parthian Empire, which became a significant power in the Near […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 11/10/2024. Prompt – Add to the last response more on the timing and details of the Exodus tradition. [The “last response” refers to the result of the series of prompts in the Post here. Certainly, here’s an expanded exploration of the timing and details surrounding the Exodus tradition, including various scholarly perspectives, […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 11/10/2024. Prompt Series – Prepare an outline of the events in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1550 BCE) related toAbraham and the Patriarchs and their descendants noting the location of the events and any related NRSV bible scripture. Provide a list of sources at the end of the paper. Five Follow-up prompts […]
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