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From Bart Ehrman here. … that unlike Paul’s letters, Acts gives us an “absolute date” on which we can (in theory) hang all the relative dates of Paul’s life and itinerary. What I mean by “absolute date” is this: it is one thing to say “Paul did this, then three years later he did that, […]
Continue ReadingFrom a BSA post on 4/12/2025. Did Mark’s and Luke’s resurrection accounts intentionally contradict Paul? By: Michael L Waddell Many people have been puzzled by Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (emphasis added): For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins […]
Continue ReadingFrom Perplexity.ai Dr. Joan Taylor has explored the possibility of the Apostle Paul being married, but her arguments are nuanced and focus on early Christian practices and textual interpretations. Here are the key points she presents: Dr. Taylor does not definitively argue that Paul was married in the conventional sense but suggests that his references […]
Continue ReadingFrom Caude.ai, 4/1/2025. Prompt: Provide a list of all anachronisms that Critical bible scholars identify for 1st and 2nd Thessalonians. Cite all sources. I’d be happy to explore these proposed anachronisms in greater depth. Understanding these scholarly discussions helps us appreciate the complex nature of biblical criticism and the historical questions surrounding these important early […]
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 ReadingBelow is the initial prompt to Claude.ai in Explanatory mode and three follow-up prompts asking for examples. The follow-up prompts listed below are separated by double lines. From Claude.ai 3/21/2025. Initial prompt: What do critical bible scholars view of any differences in literary style, word usage and grammer used 2 Thessalonians in comparison to 1 […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the Prompt-Response below, see BSA member Marcus Blue’s paper titled “I’ll Have the Eucharist, Hold the Body and Blood,” which is a PDF file in his directory in the Scholars folder in Dropbox. From Claude.ai – Prompt: Were the Corinthians to whom Paul wrote part of a pagan society who believed that to […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Paul’s End Times Expectations: Authentic Letters vs. 2 Thessalonians When we compare Paul’s eschatological views (his expectations about the end times) across his undisputed letters with those expressed in 2 Thessalonians, we can observe several significant differences. These differences in eschatological thinking form one of the main reasons why many critical scholars question […]
Continue ReadingSee the post Authorship of 1 and 2 Thessalonians on this website. Bart Ehrman’s Gospels in a Nut Shell Series: At a Glance: 1 Thessalonians From Claude.ai – Paul’s Teaching on the Parousia: 1 Thessalonians vs. 2 Thessalonians The differences in how the parousia (Christ’s second coming) is presented in 1 Thessalonians versus 2 Thessalonians […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 2/24/2025. First Prompt – Where in Paul’s authentic letters does he describe what he saw on the road to Damascus? Paul never gives a detailed description of what he saw on the road to Damascus in his authentic letters. However, he does refer to his experience in a few places: Unlike Acts […]
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