A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
9/14/2026 – 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 […]
Continue ReadingIn the BAR magazine of July/August September/October 2019, there is the very interesting article titled Reactivating Remembrance, Interactive Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim by Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme. This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the article of which the PDF copy is in the Dropbox directory titled “Samaria”. Following the summary is a followup prompt/response […]
Continue ReadingOut of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination Watch full-length lecture videos as dozens of top scholars discuss Exodus research at a 2014 UCSD conference Noah Wiener March 11, 2014
Continue ReadingThis 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 stems from a comment by Sean Freyne in a BAR article included in a post on this site here. Key takeaways are: Prompts are: Initial Prompt: Herod changed the high priesthood. He got rid of the Hasmoneans [the previous Jewish rulers] and brought in replacement high priests from outside, from Egypt and from […]
Continue ReadingWatched 8/31/2026 – Very Good To Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldCWtO8uNjs
Continue ReadingThis is a very long post beginning with a BSA post titled Gnosticism 101 by Keith P. Myers then followed by multiple Claude.ai’s comments about Keith’s explanation and then how christianity, plantonism, and other beliefs evolved. Jump to “popular modern Christianity has drifted toward a Platonic/Gnostic escape-eschatology“
Continue ReadingThis post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the BAR article by Ronald Hendle titled Parsing the Divine Name. A PDF copy of it is in his directory in Dropbox. The second response provides scholar’s different inntrepretations of ehyeh ‘ăšer ‘ehyeh. Below that is a Response related to James Tabor followed by one related to Bart Ehrman. […]
Continue ReadingThe summary below was prepared by Claude.ai of the Biblical Archaeology Society article What’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament? Compare differences between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus. BAS Staff August 18, 2026. Examines the textual differences between Codex Sinaiticus, dated to the mid-fourth century C.E. and the oldest complete New Testament […]
Continue Reading8/21/2026 – This post contains a ChatGPT response about the hypothesis that Onias III or IV was the Teacher of Righteousness in the Qumran scrolls Prompt – Which critical bible scholars propose that Onias III or IV was the Teacher of Righteousness in the Qumran scrolls? Cite all sources in line. Yes. There are critical […]
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