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This 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 […]
Continue ReadingSaint Peter: Quest for the Historical Apostle Peter Written by Joshua Schachterle, Ph.D posted to bartehrman.com September 21st, 2023 So what is Saint Peter known for? What is the historical evidence of Peter? And what happened to the apostle Peter from the death of Jesus until his own death? In this article, I’ll explore these questions. Read […]
Continue ReadingThis is a very long page with that addresses many issues with these two books. Extracts from Hugo Medez’s slide from Lesson 25: The Other Apostles Speak, II: The Letters of Peter of his course at BSA The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible. 1 Peter The letter also inhabits a very broad context temporally, […]
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