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Matthew’s Nativity Story, Critically Examined – January 2, 2015 by Paul Davidson From Luke’s Nativity Story, Critically Examined – An excellent article dated January 3, 2016 by Paul Davidson with much more than the extracted title, intro, and table below. Comparison with Matthew’s Nativity Story It is impossible to harmonize Luke’s story with Matthew’s. While there are some […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT The translation of the names of God in the Old Testament (OT) and New Testament (NT) varies across the NRSV, ASV, and KJV due to different translation philosophies and textual traditions. Below are the standards or protocols typically followed by each version: 1. King James Version (KJV) The KJV adheres to a formal […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 12/1/2024. Prompt – Where is the Gerasene where the Demoniac in the bible was possessed by demons? The Gerasene region mentioned in the story of the demoniac possessed by demons is found in the Synoptic Gospels (Mark 5:1–20, Matthew 8:28–34, and Luke 8:26–39). This region is referred to as the “country of the […]
Continue ReadingExtract for Bart Ehrman’s Post here. AT A GLANCE: Hebrews Extracts from Hugo Mendez’s course slides, Lesson 23: In Paul’s Name, II: More Disputed Letters (…and Hebrews ?) Hebrews is indeed a rhetorically and stylistically sophisticated work. All text below is from ChatGPT unless in square brackets. The authorship and context of the Book of […]
Continue ReadingThe italicized paragraphs below are from the transcript of Mark Goodacre’s podcast NT Pod 104: The Synoptic Translation Problem His talk “investigates a problem in English translations of the Gospels. The translations frequently mangle the agreements and disagreements between the Synoptic Gospels and between the Synoptics and John.” The transcript is in his DropBox folder […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Prompt – How do Christian theologians justify the belief that the temple must be rebuilt before the end times? Christian theologians who hold to the belief that the temple must be rebuilt before the end times often base their arguments on a literal interpretation of biblical prophecy. Here are the key points they […]
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 […]
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Continue ReadingJoshua’s Alter at Shechem where he and Abraham Settled Was Rahab Really a Harlot? at BAS by Anthony J. Frendo The consonants that make up the word “prostitute” in Hebrew are znh (זנה), which happen to be identical to the consonants of the Hebrew word for a female person who gives food and provisions.2 And indeed, the Biblical text does […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Walking with God in the Hebrew Bible Here are the key verses from the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that specifically refer to “walking with God”: Genesis 5:22-24 “Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred […]
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