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5/4/2025 – A member of BAS ask for help here with the Greek in Mark 3:21 where it reads in the NRSVUE: “When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’” and that is different than other translations. The following responses show […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains three Claude.ai responses requested on 5/1/2025, in response to Rob Couch’s exegesis of John 8. A very interesting response is to Prompt 3: Were other Jesus doctrines growing during the time of the writing of John to which the writer of John was responding, and the responses explaining the differences in Jesus’ […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai. See the second prompt/response in this post titled Historical Connections Between Jesus and Hillel: A Critical Assessment is below this one. First Prompt: List all references to Jesus where critical bible scholars identify either the school of Hillel or Shammai. Cite all sources. References to Jesus in Connection with the Schools of Hillel […]
Continue ReadingJesus and the Pharisees – by Randy Ingermanson, April 16, 2025 Randy’s article is very interesting and explains a lot about Jesus’ alternating views of the Pharisees as well as the social role of the Sadducees. A few extracts are below to jog my memory. But less than twenty years after he published The Jewish War, [where he […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai – Present how critical bible scholars support the belief that the main task of the Messiah is to regather the tribes of Israel, to gather the nations and pull them back to the one God, and turn them to the way of the ancient Torah. Isaiah 2 and 11, Jeremiah 16, Jeremiah 3, […]
Continue Reading3/22/2025 – In the 28-minute video embedded below, Dr. James Tabor shared yesterday, he explains why he believes Paul’s version of the Last Supper changed the meal from Jesus showing his disciples they again share a meal when the Kingdom comes. Paul changed it to be a ritual for the Corinthians who had turned the […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from the post here by Bart Ehrman. Q: I was wondering what the scholarly consensus is on Jesus’s references to the ‘Son of Man’? I was reading Helen Bond’s book ‘The Historical Jesus’ and she suggested Jesus was talking about himself whenever he referred to ‘Son of Man’. I always found that confusing […]
Continue ReadingJesus says this in Mark 4:11-12 (NRSV): “And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables; in order that ‘they may indeed look, but not perceive, and may indeed listen, but not understand; so that they may not turn […]
Continue Reading2/18/2025—Below are slides and my understanding of Dr. Bart Ehrman’s view of this question derived from his one-hour lecture on BSA, “Did Jesus Think He Was God?” The audio file and slides are in the Bart Ehram large-files directory on the USB memory card. First – The Gospel According to John—written after the others—is the […]
Continue ReadingChatGPT???? Critical Bible scholars have identified several aspects in Romans chapters 6 through 8 that they argue diverge from the teachings of Jesus: These points of contention have been discussed by scholars such as Bart D. Ehrman in “Jesus, Interrupted,” where he explores contradictions within the New Testament. Additionally, early Christian figures like Marcion of […]
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