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Claude.ai provided the response below. The LXX translators in Exodus translated Yam Suf as Red Sea but in 1 Kings they translated the Hebrew as roughly “on the shore of the farthest sea,” not “Red Sea.” probably reflecting a geographical sense of the Gulf of Aqaba where Ezion-geber and Eloth were.
Continue ReadingThis post contains excerpts from Bart’s blog of April 8, 2022, titled Did Early Christians Believe in Reincarnation? I include Bart’s comments below in number paragraphs without changing his text. The reason is to separate the examples into unique pieces that show a belief in an after and before life. Bart says:
Continue ReadingThis post is a follow-up to Part 1 as two responses from Claude.ai summarizing Wheeler’s thesis (Part 1) and the next comparing it to the positions of Ehrman, Tabor, and Goodacre. Below that is a extract from Bart’s blog where scriptures are cited to show a belief at that time in existence before life and […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains an original short post at BSA and very substantive responses by Schaun Wheeler, Schaun’s responses are the reason for this posts. All emphasis and subheadings are mine. The next post is Part 2 and contains two responses by Claude.ai with the first summarizing Wheeler’s thesis below and the next comparing it to […]
Continue ReadingSummary by Claude.ai: Gabriel Barkay, “What’s an Egyptian Temple Doing in Jerusalem?” (Biblical Archaeology Review 26.3, 2000). A PDF of the article with all the photos is in the BAS directory in DropBox. Thesis Barkay argues that it is “chancy” to build historical arguments on the absence of archaeological data. He sidesteps the debate over […]
Continue ReadingIn Mark 15:34, Jesus says, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Did Jesus call God “Eloi”? A: BDEhrman November 6, 2026 – The “i” means “my” and El is the name of God; In Hebrew “my God my God” would be Eli Eli (as in matthew) […]
Continue ReadingBiblical maximalists—those who think the Bible contains reliable historical information—because they indicate that Jerusalem was a city with political significance, the kind of city that might well have been made into the capital of David’s kingdom, just like the Bible records. BAR Article Biblical “minimalists, those who treat the Bible as an ideological document with […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Joel Baden’s Youtube interview. Extract from the video. Emphasis is mine. Episode Description: The Golden Calf incident in Exodus 32 is perhaps the most famous story of rebellion in the Hebrew Bible. It’s presented as the ultimate sin, a moment of profound betrayal just after the Israelites received the law at Mount Sinai. […]
Continue ReadingExodus 32:14 YLT 11 And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand? 12 why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out […]
Continue ReadingThis is a long post where the majority of the sources are by Dr. James Tabor and follow the first by Dr. Sebastian Moll. Talking Points about Marcion from the material below:
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