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This is the follow up post to Part 1 posted this morning. Below are more Claude.ai responses addressing specific doctrines scholars say were developed long after the many books were written and “Church Fathers” choose the books that could be used to support the Doctines they deemed correct. Summary from Below: A broader compiled list. […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the first of two containing Claude.ai responses that began with a request to summarize the transcript of C.J. Cornthwaite’s video embedded below. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The Part 2 post provides four of the primary Christian Doctrines scholars site as developing long after Jesus and that lead to […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains Claude.ai summary of a scholar’s paper about Apostle Thomas and the tradition of his starting of seven churches. Here’s a summary of that chapter: “The Tradition of Seven Churches” — James Puliurumpil Argument and framing Puliurumpil treats the “tradition of seven churches” as one of the key pieces of evidence for St. […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 8/24/2026. All emphasis is mine. Christianized Readings in the Protestant Old Testament vs. the Jewish Tanakh This is a well-established area of text-critical and translation scholarship. Critical scholars distinguish between the Hebrew Masoretic Text (which underlies the Jewish Tanakh) and Christian Old Testaments, which historically drew heavily on the Greek Septuagint (LXX), […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a follow-up to Part 1 and the middle of a long ChatGPT conversationconcluding with Part 3; all on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. ChatGPT Prompt – Given that background, does scholarship see significance that James, Jesus brother and the 2nd oldest child in […]
Continue ReadingPosted at the BSA by Michael Waddell – Feb 23, 2025. All the text below is by Michael followed by two links to Bart’s realted posts. Below that is a Claude.ai Response. All four of our gospels recount that Judas, one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, betrayed Jesus. However, I suspect that Judas is a literary […]
Continue Reading8/1/2026 – This long post contains 4 responses from Claude.ai that begin with Paul’s 1 Cor 15:3–5, the earliest written testimonies to the resurrection, predating the Gospels by decades. The second response is why that text is not believed to be Paul’s creation and how that makes it closer to Jesus. The third response is […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a summary by Claude.ai on 7/28/2026 of a paper by SBA member Marcus Blue titled I’ll Have the Eucharist, Hold the Body and Blood, The Jewish Table of Blessing, the Pauline Alteration, and the Recovery of the Original Meal. The paper is in his directory in DropBox. Marcus is a DDS and independent […]
Continue ReadingChatGPT Prompt –– What relationship do critical bible scholars see in the cluster of earthquakes, political upheaval, and plagues in the Mediterranean area that led to the apocalyptic beliefs in the 1st century BCE to 1st century CE? Cite all sources in line. Critical biblical scholars generally do not argue that earthquakes, political upheaval, and […]
Continue ReadingPreface – See the similar, earlier post on this site: Compare the Different Trials of Jesus before Pilate. 7/6/2026 – This post contains a summary of Bart Ehrman’s post Exonerating Pilate to Implicate the Jews, posted July 5, 2026. The summary was prepared by Claude.ai. Claude’s Response – Ehrman’s post traces how the canonical Gospels […]
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