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Extract from Wikiversity here. The documentary hypothesis hypothesizes four primary sources (traditionally known as J, E, P, and D) for the Torah. These translations are based on the King James version of the Bible. This learning resource employs the latest iteration of the Documentary Hypothesis, known as the New Documentary Hypothesis. The New Documentary Hypothesis considers the four main sources […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of the transcript of the above very interesting video interview. The transcript is in his directory in DropBox. The transcript of Russell E. Gmirkin – Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible (History Valley Podcast) presents Gmirkin’s argument that the Pentateuch was composed in the early Hellenistic period (around 270 […]
Continue Reading‘Stunning find’: Meet the missing woman in the Bible rediscovered by a BYU researcher An error in Greek manuscripts erased the name of the only woman to receive a New Testament letter – Published: Nov 8, 2025 Extracts from the article are below. A BYU researcher has conclusively recovered the name of the woman who received […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains extracts from the very good article at BAR titled Jesus of History or Jesus of Tradition. The PDF version of it is in his directory in DropBox. The parts below in bold are the interviewer’s voice, and the other is Freyne’s. Red highlighting is mine. Jesus of History vs. Jesus of Tradition. BAR […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a summary of the 1989 article at BAS by Marcus Borg here about the Jesus Seminar in the 1980s. He was a senior member of the seminar. The article by Marcus J. Borg titled “What Did Jesus Really Say?” (Bible Review, 1989). It explains the purpose, method, and scholarly reasoning behind the Jesus […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT pm 11/9/2025 there are two responses and a third about Jesus calling her ‘daughter’ in the next verse. 3rd Prompt – What is the Greek word and its full meaning in English for daughter in the next verse? Mark 5:34 NRSV — “He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; […]
Continue ReadingSimply and compactly, “panentheism” means “everything is in God.” The universe—everything that is—is in God, even as God is “more” than the universe. Borg, Marcus J.. Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century (p. 38). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Borg, Marcus J.. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic […]
Continue ReadingSlides from the above video: Link to Dr. Davis’s web page with links to his papers. Link to A Christian Natural Theology Based on the Thought of Alfred North Whitehead by John B. Cobb, Jr. Links to the entire book. There is a need for a Christian natural theology. To John Cobb, the philosophy of Albert […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 1/5/2025. Provide an outline comparing how each Gospel portrays Pilate’s motives and attitude—for instance, how Mark’s Pilate is pragmatic, Matthew’s hesitant, Luke’s political, and John’s philosophical? Here’s a concise, practical outline comparing the trial of Jesus before Pilate across the four Gospels. It shows how each writer presents Pilate’s character, motives, and role […]
Continue ReadingMy vocational passion is adult theological re-education at the congregational level. I think it’s vital in our time… I’ve often thought Jesus was fortunate to have been executed before the gospels were written can you imagine if those manuscripts were already out there and he came into a small town and told them the parable […]
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