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Acts 10:36–38 (NRSV) “You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart Ehrman’s post here. One of the most mysterious and even bizarre stories in Genesis happens right at the beginning of the flood narrative, where we are told that the “sons of God” looked down among the human “daughters,” saw that they were beautiful, and came down and had sex with them leading, to […]
Continue ReadingHow To Pronounce Qos The Edomite god Qōs (also spelled Qaus or Qos) is typically pronounced like the English word “coast” without the “t”. So, put together: Qōs = “Kōs” (One syllable, long “o”, hard “k”) In scholarly transliteration, the “Q” preserves the Semitic root consonant (qoph), but there’s no need to emphasize it unless […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of my transcript of the YouTube Video by Dr. Robyn Walsh at https://youtu.be/oEoouKCTTOw?si=BtMXkNOGmMOdOXjI. Prepared 6/20/2025. She explores the alternate interpretations of the Greek dioko as persecute or pursue. The Transcript is in her DropBox directory. The transcript, “Did Paul Really Persecute Christians?” by Dr. Robyn Walsh, explores the traditional and scholarly […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/18/2025. Prompt: Do critical bible scholars find a literary consistency between the Gospel of Mark, 1 Peter, and 2 Peter as would be expected if they were all written by John Mark? Cite all sources. See the related posts on this site for more info on John Mark and the issues with the […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/16/2025. Prompt – When do critical bible scholars believe that Jesus’ followers began calling him Christ? Cite all sources. Critical Bible scholars generally believe that Jesus’ followers began calling him “Christ” (Greek: Christos, meaning “Anointed One,” equivalent to Hebrew Mashiach or “Messiah”) only after his death and the emergence of resurrection belief—not […]
Continue ReadingWho Is Satan? – The many forms of the devil in the Bible By John Drummond in BAS, June 07, 2025. Extracts Below: In the Hebrew Bible, YHWH’s greatest enemies are not fallen angels commanding armies of demons, nor even the gods of other nations, but, rather, human beings. It isn’t the devil that spreads evil across […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/9/2025. Here is a comparative chart showing how Luke differs from Paul, Matthew, Mark, and John, based on the analysis of Bart D. Ehrman and other critical scholars: COMPARISON CHART: Luke vs. Paul and the Other Gospels Topic Luke Paul Mark Matthew John Christology Exaltation at resurrection (Acts 2:36); avoids pre-existence Jesus […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/7/2025. The Hauptbriefe (German for “chief letters” or “main letters”) refers to a group of Pauline epistles that many critical New Testament scholars consider to be the core or most theologically central writings of the Apostle Paul. These letters are also the ones that are most widely accepted as undisputedly written by […]
Continue ReadingBelow are consecutive responses from ChatGPT. Why do critical bible scholars think the coming of the holy spirit during passover was portrayed as the first annotting of the Holy Spirit when there are so many references in the Hebrew Bible to the Holy Spirit, or the Spirit of Yhwh? ChatGPT said: Critical Bible scholars recognize […]
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