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The italicized portions of the Q&A below are extracts from Mikeal C. Parsons’s BAS Library article “Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke?“ Mikeal C. Parsons is a Professor and the Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University. Parsons is author of Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity (Baker Academic, 2006). Over […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains the Claude.ai responses to four prompts digging into the use of the phrase “thief in the night”. From Claude.ai, 3.7 Sonnet, Explanatory Mode, 4/2/2025. Prompts 2, 3 and 4 follow Prompt 1. PROMPT 1 – Cite all scriptures where Jesus, Paul, and others use the phrase “like a thief in the night”—using […]
Continue ReadingFrom Caude.ai, 4/1/2025. Prompt: Provide a list of all anachronisms that Critical bible scholars identify for 1st and 2nd Thessalonians. Cite all sources. I’d be happy to explore these proposed anachronisms in greater depth. Understanding these scholarly discussions helps us appreciate the complex nature of biblical criticism and the historical questions surrounding these important early […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai. Prompt: Cite the places where critical bible scholars point out the anachronistic parts where the writer is writing from a later time after the end of the 40 year period. Include the designation of the writer per the J, E, P, and D hypothesis. Cite all sources. Critical Scholarship on Anachronisms in the […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai – Present how critical bible scholars support the belief that the main task of the Messiah is to regather the tribes of Israel, to gather the nations and pull them back to the one God, and turn them to the way of the ancient Torah. Isaiah 2 and 11, Jeremiah 16, Jeremiah 3, […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament? by Biblical Archaeology Society Staff Compare differences between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus, March 20, 2025. Extracts from that very good article are listed below. Significant omitted verses King James Version Codex Sinaiticus Luke 24:51: “And it came to pass, while he blessed them, […]
Continue ReadingBelow is the initial prompt to Claude.ai in Explanatory mode and three follow-up prompts asking for examples. The follow-up prompts listed below are separated by double lines. From Claude.ai 3/21/2025. Initial prompt: What do critical bible scholars view of any differences in literary style, word usage and grammer used 2 Thessalonians in comparison to 1 […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Prompt: Provide a list of all interpolations cited by Westcott and Hort in their book The New Testament in the Original Greek (1896). Westcott and Hort identified several interpolations (later additions not present in the original text) in their critical edition of “The New Testament in the Original Greek.” In their Introduction and […]
Continue ReadingRoss Nichols prepared a horizontal comparison of the Decalogues in Exodus and Deuteronomy embedded below.
Continue ReadingThis post provides links to scholars’ positions regarding the author of John using the 3 synoptics. Video by Mark Goodacre before his book The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: John’s Knowledge of Matthew, Mark, and Luke was published. Based on my transcript of Goodacre’s video, ChatGPT was asked to summarize it using the prompts and they resulted […]
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