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In the BAR magazine of July/August September/October 2019, there is the very interesting article titled Reactivating Remembrance, Interactive Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim by Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme. This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the article of which the PDF copy is in the Dropbox directory titled “Samaria”. Following the summary is a followup prompt/response […]
Continue ReadingActs 22 – Was Paul Really a Roman Citizen? Extract from above link- There are a few scholars that deny the historicity of Paul’s citizenship. He does not mention it in his letters, the only source is the Book of Acts. Several questions have been raised. First, would a “tent-maker” be able to obtain citizenship? […]
Continue ReadingThis post begins with an extract from a Bart Ehrman “Miss-quoting Jesus” podcast and then there is a series of three ChatGPT prompt-responses. Q: Paul seems well-educated for an apparently blue-collar type of guy. He’s a tentmaker or leatherworker. How did someone of this social class learn to read and write? He also seems to […]
Continue ReadingBelow is by Claude.ai on 9/6/2026. My Prompt: I was told there are ten passages in the Hebrew Bible that predict the Messiah’s arrival and what he is supposed to do. Provide those ten and others if critical bible scholars identify more. Include the scriptures based on the WASB. Cite all sources in line. Response: […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 9/3/2026 with notes based on observations mentioned by Joel Baden in Episode 1 of Misquoting Moses. Two Creation Accounts: A Source-Critical Comparison Genesis 1:1–2:4a and 2:4b–25 are widely recognized by critical scholars as two originally independent creation narratives, sewn together by a later editor. They differ in vocabulary for God (Elohim in […]
Continue ReadingOut of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination Watch full-length lecture videos as dozens of top scholars discuss Exodus research at a 2014 UCSD conference Noah Wiener March 11, 2014
Continue ReadingThis is the follow up post to Part 1 posted this morning. Below are more Claude.ai responses addressing specific doctrines scholars say were developed long after the many books were written and “Church Fathers” choose the books that could be used to support the Doctines they deemed correct. Summary from Below: A broader compiled list. […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the first of two containing Claude.ai responses that began with a request to summarize the transcript of C.J. Cornthwaite’s video embedded below. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The Part 2 post provides four of the primary Christian Doctrines scholars site as developing long after Jesus and that lead to […]
Continue ReadingThis post stems from a comment by Sean Freyne in a BAR article included in a post on this site here. Key takeaways are: Prompts are: Initial Prompt: Herod changed the high priesthood. He got rid of the Hasmoneans [the previous Jewish rulers] and brought in replacement high priests from outside, from Egypt and from […]
Continue Reading9/1/2026 – This post contains two Claude.ai prompts/responses as to the influence of gnostism on or by Paul and Marcion. This is a followup to the very long “conversation” with Claude that is contained in the two previous posts. Prompt – Those beliefs seem to me to sound a lot like Paul’s teachings. Do critical […]
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