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This post is Claude.ai’s summary on 9/19/2026 of an essay by Marc Zvi Brettler and Amy-Jill Levine published and downloaded from TheTorah.com at the links below. The essay presents a core Jewish-Christian divide: Christianity’s belief that Jesus is both messiah and God’s “only begotten” son, versus Judaism’s rejection of a divine “son of God” as […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains more followup prompt/responses in the Joseph conversation with Claude.ai on 9/20-21/2026. The question here is did the tribal areas of Ephraim and Manasseh have economic advantages over the others. The previous posts are: Prompt – Did the tibal areas of Ephraim and Manasseh have and economic advantage over the others? Response – […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai that was a followup prompt-response in the long conversation about Joseph on 9/20-21-2026. The other posts are: Prompt – As Joseph’s two sons each are a tribe and the other 11 sons of Jacob are tribes that adds up to 13. But there is only 12 tribes. What happened?
Continue ReadingThis post contains most of James Tabor’s post on 9/20/26 sharing the story and his interpretation of the scriptures. After Tabor’s post is the relevant scriptures from Leviticus 16, Legacy Standard Bible. All emphasis is mine. “Being “washed in the blood of the lamb” has become a more appealing cultural image in our Christian imagination, […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 9/26/2026 Prompt: What do critical bible scholars see in Genesis Chapter 49 and the scenes therein as it relates to what is happening in the previous chapters and how do Jacob’s final words lead into Chapter 50 that flows into Exodus? Cite all sources inline. Response: Genesis 49 as Independent Poetry: Source […]
Continue Reading9/20/2026 – This long post contains a Claude.ai response to my prompt about Jacob, Joseph, his grandsons and the tribes that were given their names as presented in Genesis Chapter 48. Jumps are: Followup posts are: Prompt: In Genesis Chap. 48, the grandsons’s Manasseh and Ephraim, are mentioned and Ephraim recieved the blessing even though […]
Continue Reading9/19/2026 – Claude.ai’s summary of a very good article by Dr. James McGrath titled Exalting Jesus—Did Early Christians Abandon Monotheism? at Torah.com. McGarth says that Paul views Jesus as devine but not being YHWH. Included, are citations of Paul’s writings that show Paul did not view Jesus as YHWH. Author’s ThesisMcGrath argues that Paul’s exalted […]
Continue Reading9/19/2026. Prompt to ChatGPT – The hebrew bible and the NT contain stories that critical bible scholars define as Apocalyptic. Provide a list with a brief context of the primary players and settings of each. Cite all sources in line Response: The important qualification is that “apocalyptic” is a genre designation, not simply a synonym […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a reminder of the extensive correlation of the Gospels’ references to sayings in the Hebrew Bible provided in tabular format by The Horeb Institute. The paper is in the Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures correlation subdirectory in the Horeb Institute directory in Dropbox. The title page is a follows. Jesus and the […]
Continue Reading9/14/2026 – Bart Ehrman posted three posts as listed below. A PDF of each post is in a directory with shortened titles in his directory. As usual his presentation is very helpful and informative. The three PDF’s were uploaded to Claude.ai with the prompt: Summarize the three attached posts into talking points about Jesus’ life […]
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