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Summary of the post The Biblical Dates of the Exodus by Claude.ai on 10/16/2026. This is a very good article and worth reading again. Go here to read about the layman author who is a fan of Wright and Laconia. So, read with caution. Main thesis The author argues that the Bible gives no single […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a Claude.ai summary of the Misquoting Jesus pod cast of 10/2/206. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The summary enumerates the issues Bart Ehrman thinks are most significant in the KJV v.1611. Summary: Bart Ehrman on the KJV 1611 Source: Ehrman & Lewis, “KJV is a Literary Masterpiece and a […]
Continue ReadingCharles Bledsoe’s comment to a post at BSA here. It’s been a little while since I took his course here on the Hebrew Bible, but if I recall, and understood him correctly, Dr. Baden is of the view that reading and interpreting the Bible is, and has always been a creative engagement with it. Readers […]
Continue ReadingExtracted from Bible Hub Bible Stumpers are Bible trivia question sets designed to send you back to the passage for context. This series is meant to help you slow down, pay attention, and return to Scripture with fresh eyes. Each set highlights details that are easy to overlook at first glance. Our hope is not simply […]
Continue ReadingClaude.ai’s Summary: The Martyrdom of Polycarp (Bart Ehrman) PDF is in his Dropbox directory. This piece is Ehrman’s introduction to his translation of The Martyrdom of Polycarp for his Harvard University Press collection The Apostolic Fathers. What the text is The document is presented as a letter from the church of Smyrna to the church […]
Continue ReadingThe source of the above table is unknown. Below is Claude.ai’s timeline. Event Hebrew Bible New Testament Spaces Between Words c. 200 BCE–100 CE c. 200 BCE–100 CE Book Order Standardization HB by c. 2nd century CE by 4th century CE OT – Christian Bible 4th–5th century CE by 4th century CE NT – Christian […]
Continue Reading7/12/2026 – Below is a summary of a post by Bart Ehrman on his blog site here. A PDF titled 2 Clement.pdf of the article is in his Directory in Dropbox. Ehrman on 2 Clement Bart Ehrman’s piece (adapted from his Loeb Apostolic Fathers introduction) surveys 2 Clement, which he argues is the earliest surviving […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a Claude.ai summary of Emanuel Tov’s article, Searching for the “Original” Bible: Do the Dead Sea Scrolls help? Originally published in Biblical Archaeology Review (40.4, 2014). A PDF copy is in his directory in Dropbox. Central Question Tov asks how reliable the Dead Sea Scrolls’ biblical texts are for reconstructing an “original” Hebrew Bible, […]
Continue Reading7/9/2026 – This post is a Claude.ai produced summary of two papers/essays by Dr. James Tabor. The PDF versions of those papers are in the Marcion directory in Dropbox. Sources: James Tabor, “Marcion of Sinope” (based on Robert M. Grant, Augustus to Constantine, Harper & Row, 1970) and “Marcion and the Pauline Letters: Did Marcion […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 6/1/2026 for the prompt: List other places in John where the author uses the literary device of a deliberate misunderstanding. The literary pattern in John is remarkably consistent: the Johannine Jesus says something, one or more other characters misunderstand him, and Jesus slowly brings the dialogue partner(s) to a deeper understanding. The […]
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