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In Mark 15:34, Jesus says, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Did Jesus call God “Eloi”? A: BDEhrman November 6, 2026 – The “i” means “my” and El is the name of God; In Hebrew “my God my God” would be Eli Eli (as in matthew) […]
Continue ReadingThis post is Claude’s summary of the Joel Baden’s Misquotiong Moses podcast’s transcript that is in his directory in DropBox. Baden provides the explanations of the many names/titles offered by other scholars. His thoughts about “I Am that I Am”as being Yahweh being frustrated with Moses is notable. Summary: Joel Baden on God’s Real Name […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains scriptures where Jesus is clearly not viewed by the writer as God. Paul’s statements clearly do not see Jesus as God. 1 Cor 15:20-28; 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. 21For since death came through a human, the resurrection […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai based on the extract (italised below) from the last post, Paul, Origen, and Augustine by Paula Fredriksen. Prompt: Expand your comment: Origen. Because he asks how God can be just in punishing sin, he gives a God who is all-powerful, wants everyone saved, and throws no creature away. His God is a teacher […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 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 ReadingFrom the Tabor Circle by Keith P. Myers posted 9/3/2026. Keith said “Not AI. These are excerpts from the book itself that I have edited and arranged so that it makes a nice concise summary of the major topics.” This is rather long because it is my [Keith’s] summary of an entire book. I found […]
Continue ReadingThis post was extracted from his post: Your God Is More Human Than You Think Feuerbach and the Problem Hiding Inside Every Theology Jim Palmer . Aug 17, 2026 Preface The question of God has loomed large across much of my life and work, although my relationship to the question has changed considerably. There was […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains responses by BSA members to the question in the title and responses to comments amde in the thread. I did not include the OP as his skeptism and debating tendacies are not helpful. His post is here. The responses below are very interesting. Tre Murillo – exegetical exvangelical Hi Nathaniel, you’ve asked a […]
Continue ReadingBart Ehrman has a very good series of posts titled “How Can Monotheists Think a Human Could Become God?” that cites cases where in the Hebrew Bible humans are exalted to divine status by YHWH. Below are links to the series of posts, with extracts from his introductions. The posts are extracts from his book How […]
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