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All below is by Jim Palmer The Jesus Beneath Christianity What happens when we separate a first-century Jewish teacher from two thousand years of theology Jim Palmer, Sep 04, 2026 Preface Last night, twenty-one people enrolled in the Existential Health Practitioner Training and Certification Course gathered together for the first time. They come from remarkably […]
Continue ReadingThis is the third post in my interest in the ages of the disciples and their apparant youth. This post is the last of a long ChatGPT conversation on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. That first post led to the second related to how James must […]
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 ReadingThis post is the first of three of a long ChatGPT conversation on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. This post has four primary components and hence is very long. It is also Part 1 of three, and the three contain one ChatGPT conversation. It begins with […]
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 ReadingEach Gospel handles the baptism differently, progressively downplaying John’s role: From here. In Part 3 he presents the progression taken by early Christians in moving the exaltation backward in time. From here. Compilation Book Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist Jesus becoming Divine Potential Date?? Paul/Romans No Mention first: at the resurrection 50’s Mark Straightforward […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 7/21/2026. First Prompt – What do critical bible scholars say about how Paul and Jesus understood different biblical traditions, as Jesus would have understood the Bible in Hebrew or in Aramaic, whereas Paul’s biblical tradition is the Greek Bible? First Response – This is one of the more well-developed observations in critical […]
Continue Reading7/18/2026 – This important lecture is in Hebrew, see below for activating English subs and/or a transcript in English. Below the embedded video is Dr. Tabor’s English transcript. All Text below is from his YouTube post. The ratio of Lead isotopes in the bones of those in the Talpiot Jesus Family tomb match the ancient […]
Continue ReadingBy Jim Palmer from his Facebook post. Emphasis is mine. Christianity did not simply misunderstand Jesus. It reversed his message. Instead of preserving Jesus as an example of what it means to become fully human, Christianity steadily elevated him beyond humanity itself. It transformed him into a cosmic exception: born of a virgin, the only […]
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