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Extracts from a Forum post at BSA here. Below the extracts is a long Response from Claude.ai. Original Post from a new member: I noticed there are strikingly extensive overlaps between Jewish Apocalypticism and Zoroastrianism, the religion of ancient Persia. These overlapping beliefs include (somewhat simplifying): It seems hard to believe that all of this […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a summary by ChatGPT on 4/13/2026 of Mark Goodacre’s YouTube Short titled Did Jesus have a house in Capernaum? The transcript on which this summary is based is in his directory in Dropbox. Following the summary are ChatGPT responses providing context and other scholars’ views and then a list of various versions […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 4/13/2026. Summary of Mark Goodacre’s Youtube Short, “Why is Luke’s Genealogy so Different from Matthew’s?” The transcript that was the basis for this summary is a PDF file in Goodacre’s Dropbox directory. Mark Goodacre explains the differences between the genealogies in the Gospel of Matthew 1 and the Gospel of Luke 3 […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a post by Michael Waddell to a BAS forum here about when the stories of Abraham were composed. Credit is fully his, other than the added emphasis that is mine and Byron’s comments as pasted at the bottom. I [Michael Waddell] really enjoyed watching Dr. Kent Sparks’ NIHB lecture, where he argued […]
Continue ReadingThe link below is to a series of articles about Jesus and his associates in the region of Galilee. There are many great images. The first article is about Dr. Tabor, who on 4/8/2026 sent us the link to the article with his high regard for the publication. A PDF copy and a WebPageComplete file/assets […]
Continue ReadingSee Joel Baden’s NIHB 2026 lecture on Genesis 18:23-33 that is the passage where Abraham seems to haggle with God to determine exactly how many righteous people would have to be in Sodom before God would refrain from destroying the city. See the PDF in the Sodom and Gomorrah directory in dropbox of “Shall Not […]
Continue ReadingContents of this post were prepared by Claude.ai on 4/6/2026. Key Theological Conflicts and Divergences extracted from below. The Gospel of John and the Pauline Epistles – Condensed I. Overview: Are John and Paul in Agreement? Critical biblical scholarship finds that the Gospel of John and Paul’s authentic epistles share important theological ground but represent […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a bio of Hendel and links to his many articles published at BAR where he serves on BAR’s Editorial Advisory Board. He is particularly helpful for historical-critical questions about the development of biblical traditions Ronald S. Hendel is a prominent American Hebrew Bible scholar, biblical philologist, and textual critic, best known for his […]
Continue ReadingSee the very good article from BAS When the Sons of God Cavorted with the Daughters of Men by Ronald S. Hendel, Summer 1987. The PDF is in his directory in Dropbox. Dr. Hendel speaks of much more than the title implies. He shows how the Hebrew relates to similar Canaanite stories as well as how later […]
Continue ReadingThis is the transcript of Mark Goodacre’s short where he gives his answer to the question. He also points out how this story shows a synoptic type of relationship between all four gospels.
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