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8/12/2026 – This is a long post with four Prompts/Responses with ChatGPT that began with the idea that James and John sons of Zebedee, were “mending the nets,” and that does not sound like the more strenuous work of deploying and retrieving them. Could that be an indication of their youth? That lead into prompts […]
Continue Reading8/1/2026 – This long post contains 4 responses from Claude.ai that begin with Paul’s 1 Cor 15:3–5, the earliest written testimonies to the resurrection, predating the Gospels by decades. The second response is why that text is not believed to be Paul’s creation and how that makes it closer to Jesus. The third response is […]
Continue Reading7/4/2026 – Extracts from the study The Household of Joseph and Clopas – The Family of Jesus and the Case that Joseph Was Alphaeus by Dr. Terry Traster, Pharm.D. Abstract This study reconstructs the family of Jesus as a single multigenerational household and argues, within that frame, that Joseph the husband of Mary was the […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a summary by ChatGPT on 4/13/2026 of Mark Goodacre’s YouTube Short titled Did Jesus have a house in Capernaum? The transcript on which this summary is based is in his directory in Dropbox. Following the summary are ChatGPT responses providing context and other scholars’ views and then a list of various versions […]
Continue ReadingThis is the transcript of Mark Goodacre’s short where he gives his answer to the question. He also points out how this story shows a synoptic type of relationship between all four gospels.
Continue ReadingMy Preface: From ChatGPT in response to the prompt: Have any critical bible scholars suggested that the verse in Matthew 16 that includes “and on this rock I will build my church.” is an interpolation to raise Peter’s status above that of James the brother of Jesus? Yes — several critical (historical-critical) scholars have suggested […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the info below, see the post at this site Peter and the Rock as an Interpolation. From ChatGPT 10/13/2025. Scroll down to see Claude’s response. Prompt: In the Bible, Jesus renamed Simon to Peter. After that how many times did Jesus call him Simon and how many times Peter? How Jesus addresses […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 7/7/2025 Prompt – Provide the bible scripture where it says two of Jesus’s desciples are unlettered and what critical bible scholars say is the meaning. Cite all sources. The passage you’re referring to is found in the Book of Acts, specifically: Acts 4:13 (NRSV) “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter […]
Continue ReadingPaul said: 1Co 10:4 – “and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ.” RSV Peter was nicknamed Rock.
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 12/13/2024 Below is the expanded James vs. Paul timeline with a third column for Peter as a mediating figure, kept within the same historical framework and chronology used by Dr. James Tabor.All New Testament citations are NRSV; Hebrew Bible quotations/allusions are ASV. Historical framing reflects Tabor’s analysis of Second Temple Judaism . James […]
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