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From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Provide based on the work of critical Bible Scholars, a table listing the differences between the Christmas stories of Matthew and Luke. Provide in the table scriptural references to support each site. List all sources at the end of the response. Below is an expanded […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains links and extracts to the debate at SBL in the 2010 era where a good presentation was made by Kenneth Atkinson, Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of Northern Iowa in January 2012 discussing the two enterprises. The letter (post) resignation from Ronald Hendel and a response from SBL that led to […]
Continue ReadingBAR article High Places, Altars and the Bamah, Not all they are cracked up to be by Ellen White, June 16, 2024 The open-air altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot), is known through several books of the Biblical canon—but none more so than the Book of Kings, where they play a prominent role in assessing the performance of […]
Continue ReadingA 58-minute Podcast at SBL’s Bible Odyssey’s website – Season 2: Episode 72, Body and Blood: The Mysterious Origins of the Eucharist, Date Aired: 6/24/2024. The Eucharist is such a common part of Christian worship that it’s easy to overlook how strange it is—drinking wine that represents Jesus’s blood, eating bread that represents His flesh. […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 12/14/2021. The tradition of translating certain names of God as LORD in most English Bibles, especially in the Old Testament, stems from a combination of Jewish reverence for the divine name and translation practices that developed over centuries. Here’s a summary of the key reasons: 1. The Divine Name: YHWH (Tetragrammaton) 2. Septuagint […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 12/14/2024. Here is a comparative analysis of the Ten Commandments as presented in Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21 from the American Standard Version (ASV), along with scholarly commentary on the differences between the two passages. Textual Comparison (ASV) 1. Introduction (Identical in both versions.) 2. Sabbath Commandment Key Differences: 3. Other Variations Key […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 12/13/2024 Below is the expanded James vs. Paul timeline with a third column for Peter as a mediating figure, kept within the same historical framework and chronology used by Dr. James Tabor.All New Testament citations are NRSV; Hebrew Bible quotations/allusions are ASV. Historical framing reflects Tabor’s analysis of Second Temple Judaism . James […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Provide a timeline of when critical historical bible scholars believe the various parts of the Hebrew and New Testament Bible were written. List all sources at the end of the response. Below is an overview of when critical historical scholars generally date the composition of […]
Continue ReadingSee Bart Ehrman’s 5-part post series Problems with the NRSV posted in September 2012. Links and extracts are below. Part I; But in the NRSV there is no problem any longer, because of the mistranslation (of John 3:22) (6:1 is a problem even there – – there’s no way to get around the geographical faux […]
Continue ReadingFrom BAR/BAS – Biblical Peoples, The World of Ancient Israel. The pdf is in the BAR directory in DropBox. This is a collection of articles published in their magazine with photos and maps. A great resource. CONTENTS AMMON The Hebrew Bible’s usual designation of the Ammonites as “the children of Ammon” (bĕnê ‘Ammôn, e.g., 1 […]
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