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7/12/2026 – Below is a summary of a post by Bart Ehrman on his blog site here. A PDF titled 2 Clement.pdf of the article is in his Directory in Dropbox. Ehrman on 2 Clement Bart Ehrman’s piece (adapted from his Loeb Apostolic Fathers introduction) surveys 2 Clement, which he argues is the earliest surviving […]
Continue Reading7/12/2026 – From Claude.ai Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent I. Marcion’s Canon (Evangelion + Apostolikon) II. Muratorian Fragment III. Origen (Homilies on Joshua, etc.) IV. Athanasius, 39th Festal Letter V. Council of Rome (under Damasus I) VI. Synod of Hippo / Councils of Carthage VII. Council of Florence (Session 11, Bull Cantate Domino) VIII. […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the Response below from Claude.ai see A Reformation Timeline and the post on this site, Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent. Prompt: Provide information about the Council of Trent in the 1500s, its sessions, their purposes and context with all sources in-line and with a link when available. The Council of Trent […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a summary by Claude.ai of the BAS article Who Were the Essenes? What social archaeology tells us about the Essenes of Qumran by BAS Staff. Published on July 07, 2026. This BAS article covers a 2013 study by Eyal Regev (Bar-Ilan University) applying “social archaeology” and “access analysis” to Khirbet Qumran’s architectural layout, […]
Continue Reading7/6/2026: from Claude.ai. Be sure to read to the 2nd Prompt – What do critical bible scholars say is why the Gospel of Peter was not in the canon when it is clearly pro-Roman and anti-Judaism? 1st Prompt: Provide quotes and context about how the Gospel of Peter pushes anti-Judaism further. Cite all sources inline. […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingThe extract below is from THE NAZARENE CORPUS, A Commentary on the Inscriptions, Volume 1 by Dr. Terry Traster (Pharm.D.) that he shared on June 3, 2026 on Tabor’s Circle platform here. The paper is 100 pages with many large images and comments with a bibliography and sources. [Go https://www.fathersalphabet.com/paleo-hebrew-alphabet-series/tav/ for a discussion about the […]
Continue Reading7/2/2026 – From BSA/Bible Nerds here. OP – Origins of “Gnostic” thought? – Avery Barron Jun 12 – Out of raw curiosity I’m wondering if scholars have a picture of why [the suite of cosmological and theological concepts we tend to call] Gnosticism emerged, respectively in contrast to the cosmo/theology of the contemporary orthodoxy. I’ve […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a summary by Claude.ai of a detailed post on Dave Allen’s blog titled “ANACHRONISMS IN THE GOSPELS“. Below the summary is the response titled Scholarly Responses to Allen’s 26 Anachronisms from Claude when prompted: Provide the position of critical bible scholars who support or disagree with the positions in the lists. Copied […]
Continue ReadingDid King Ahab Worship Yahweh? Discovered temples complicate biblical story by Lauren K. McCormick; June 29, 2026 in BAS. A Rival to Solomon’s Temple: The Place of Worship at Tel Moẓa Explained by Marek Dospěl, in BAS, September 14, 2021. Samaria – Capital of Israel by Rupert Chapman
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