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From ChatGPT 10/9/2025. Note the two related posts this date. 1st Prompt – Cite the scripture where Jesus said the Kingdom of God is now. The phrase “the Kingdom of God is now” does not appear verbatim in any of the canonical Gospels. However, Jesus does make statements indicating that the Kingdom of God has […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains ChatGPT responses related to the approach of God’s kingdom. The responsesd followed a response thread contained in the post here. Here is a practical outline showing how the idea of the miraculous approach of God’s kingdom changed after 70 CE, when Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed. This period is crucial because […]
Continue Reading10/9/2025 – This post contains multiple ChatGPT responses that have not been fully vetted. 1st Prompt – Who were the ancient historians who cited prophets, and who were the prophets who proclaimed the miraculous approach of God’s kingdom? 1st Response – Let’s take your question in two parts — (1) ancient historians who cited prophets, […]
Continue ReadingShort ending of Mark Several witnesses, including four uncial Greek manuscripts of the seventh, eighth, and ninth centuries (L Ψ 099 0112), as well as Old Latin k, the margin of the Harclean Syriac, several Sahidic and Bohairic manuscripts, and not a few Ethiopic manuscripts, continue after verse eight with small variations. Starting in the […]
Continue ReadingMark Goodacre’s NT Pod Episode 104 presents places in the NRSV and NRSVue that translate the same word in the synoptics and John differently, thereby hiding examples of them being the same and in some cases, creating false positives. The transcript of his 15-minute talk is in his directory in DropBox. That transcript was uploaded […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a question posed to Bart Ehrman he shared in a post of three good questions here. Bart’s response explains what Isaiah was saying and not saying. Blog Member’s QUESTION: We have all heard of the prophecies in the Hebrew Bible that have been attributed to Jesus. Although scholars state that Isaiah 7:14 actually reads ” […]
Continue ReadingHovav the Midianite: Why Was the End of the Story Cut? The Midianite Origin of YHWH and Aniconism The extract below is from the great article by Prof. Israel Knohl at TheTorah.com. YHWH from the South A number of biblical traditions describe YHWH’s emergence from the south, either the southern Transjordan, the Sinai wilderness, or both. […]
Continue ReadingDeciphering Deuteronomy by Ross K. Nichols TV Playlist•11 videos Deciphering Deuteronomy is [Roxss’s] latest in-depth walk through the Torah portions from the Book of Deuteronomy. This featured series offers fresh insights from an academic, historical-critical perspective, including text-critical analysis, source criticism, and engagement with ancient manuscripts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Samaritan […]
Continue ReadingExtract from transcript of Christine Hayes’ lecture 18 Literary Prophecy: Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum and Habbakuk from the Open Yale Courses. Chapter 5. The Book of Habakkuk [00:19:46] The Book of Habakkuk was written during this period, so 600 to the destruction — somewhere in those years. That’s the period in which the Babylonians attacked Jerusalem […]
Continue ReadingKey Points repeated from the Summary of Bart and Magan’s video cited at the bottom of this page. From ChatGPT on 9/18/2025. Scroll down to the Summary of Bart and Megan’s podcast titled Critical New Testament scholars who study early Christian literature tend to treat the Protoevangelium of James (also called the Infancy Gospel of […]
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