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This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript of JD Crossan’s interview on the History Valley podcast titled Luke Lied: He Never Traveled With Paul And Acts is Fictional!. That title does not represent what I found in the interview. Dom was explaining his view that Luke/Acts must be read as one 2-volume work with […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains an extract from James Tabor’s book and two prompt/response from Claude.ai. Extract from Tabor, James D.. Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity (p. 22). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. Jesus will always be the center of Christianity, but the “Jesus” who most influenced history was the “Jesus Christ” of Paul, […]
Continue ReadingBelow are extracted paragraphs by Charles Bledsoe in BSA’s form “God, Faith & Theology” here. He expresses his view that Paul and Paul’s followers’ concern is “is a promise of personal liberation from death, and the absence of a robust ethical spirituality, or a spirituality that understands love of God as an end in itself,“ […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s summary of a summary by Joseph Nobles/BSA of Bazzana’s chapter in Paul Within Paganism, not the original article itself. Here’s a summary of what Joe’s summary contains. “Paul among the Other Possessed” — Giovanni B. Bazzana (pp. 121–138 in Paul Within Paganism, ed. Chantziantoniou, Fredriksen, and Young) Summarized by Joseph Nobles of […]
Continue ReadingYear 1689 Paul commandment about government went out of fashion in the English speaking World. In Romans 13:1 Paul states that governing authorities have been instituted by God and that no Authority exists that was not instituted by God. In 13:2 he writes whoever resists Authority resists what God has appointed and those who resist […]
Continue Reading6/21/2026 “Paula Fredriksen Interview” Short about Paul. Transcribed by TurboScribe from https://youtu.be/tYcifm-ATGA?si=OtadFRdlAliD5oet, YouTube date: Aug 14, 2012. We think of Paul as a Christian because we’re standing on top of 20 centuries of the development of Christianity. But if we’re interested as historians in how Paul looked at himself, it’s clear from his own letters […]
Continue Reading6/20/2026 – This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript (in Dropbox) of the lecture by Paula Fredriksen – Paul and Augustine on the Redemption of the Jews. Prompt: Summarize the attached lecture, identifying Paula’s understanding of Paul’s teaching and how Augustine differed or changed Paul and when they agreed. Summary: Paula Fredriksen on Paul, […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChapGPT on 6/14/2026. The portrayal of Paul in Acts differs in several structurally important ways from the self-portrait that emerges in his undisputed letters (Romans, 1–2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, Philemon). The divergence is not merely biographical detail—it reflects different theological agendas, narrative aims, and ecclesial contexts. Below are the main areas of […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains an Original Post at BSA/General Discussion titled Who holds back the Man of Lawlessness? by Michael Waddell. Credit for this work is wholly Michael’s. If you want to start a spirited debate at a New Testament academic conference, ask what the katechon [is. Literally meaning something like “That which restrains” or “He […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/7/2026. Among the seven letters that the majority of critical scholars regard as authentically Pauline—Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon—there are several passages that scholars frequently cite as evidence that Paul suffered from some recurring physical ailment or weakness. None of them identify the condition with certainty. […]
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