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Jesus was a teacher of unconventional wisdom—a culturally subversive wisdom that challenged conventional wisdom. As an enlightened teacher of an enlightenment wisdom, he sought to lead others to a new way of seeing. His aphorisms and parables functioned to invite a radical perceptual shift in how one sees life and God. Tradition-sanctioned statuses (of family, […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains short extracts that I felt were insightful. Borg, Marcus J.. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith (p. 106). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Borg, Marcus J.. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith (p. 106). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.
Continue ReadingBorg, Marcus J.. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authentic Contemporary Faith (p. 105). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Luke 24:45-53 — 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT based on Tabor’s paper he shared in Dec. 2025 that is in Dropbox…\James Tabor\Courses\Christianity Before Paul\Introduction – The Jewish World of John, Jesus, and James.pdf” Below is a side-by-side chronological timeline that places John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, and James the Just within the historical events framework used by Dr. James Tabor. […]
Continue ReadingBart Ehrman takes the different resurrection accounts in the Gospels and compares them: What about the Birth Stories? My work, not Bart’s.
Continue ReadingBelow is the summary by Claude.ai of the scholarly article by Mark D. Smith (see PDF in his directory in Dropbox), challenging the traditional dating of Jesus’s birth to 4-6 BCE during Herod the Great’s reign, arguing instead that Jesus was born in 6 CE during Quirinius’s census. In my words, he is giving priority […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 12/9/2025 Below are the main arguments critical biblical scholars give for why the “Beloved Disciple” in John 19:26–27 (NRSV) is not the apostle John, and therefore why the scene is not understood as Jesus literally transferring Mary to the historical John’s care. 1. The “Beloved Disciple” is anonymous and never called John […]
Continue ReadingBelow is the YouTube description and Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript of Ross Nichol’s “Sunday School” YouTube video “Did Jesus Point to Moses?” as recorded live on 12/7/2025. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. Claude was told to preserve Ross’ logical progression in making his points. YouTube Description: Exploring the Faith of Jesus […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 12/3/2025 and 12/12/2025. Below is an outline comparing how each Gospel handles Jesus’ origins and what that reveals about their distinct theological aims, with scholarly support embedded in the text. Scroll down for a comparison table. Below that response is a more focused response on how and why, or silence, on his […]
Continue ReadingSix responses from ChatGPT on 12/1/2025 stemming from my transcript of Ross Nichols’s video on YouTube Did Moses Point to Jesus?. See his directory in Dropbox for the transcript. Below is an outline-style summary of Ross Nichols’s paper Did Moses Point to Jesus? focused only on the specific instances where theologians (or the Gospel writers/theologizing […]
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