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Who Is Jethro, Priest of Midian?Learn the story of Moses’s father-in-law, a trusted and wise counselorBy Robin Gallaher Branch, April 02, 2025 in BAS Library. Intro Paragraphs of her good article are as follows. The Bible introduces Jethro, who is also called Reuel, as a non-Israelite, a priest of Midian, and the father of seven daughters who […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains a Chronology by Claude.ai in Explanatory Mode and one by ChatGPT that is more condensed. Both were prepared on 4/1/2025. From Claude.ai in Explanatory Mode Prompt: Provide the chronology of the events related in the Hebrew Bible’s books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy of the 40 years in the wilderness from leaving […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from and links to the BAS LIBRARY EXPLORER March 30, 2025 Considered sacred ground even before Solomon’s Temple stood there and bitterly contested in our own day, the Temple Mount is one of the most fascinating and important places on earth. BAS editors have compiled a special collection of articles from Biblical Archaeology Review that highlight […]
Continue ReadingBelow are the slides from Dr. James Tabor’s Countdown of the top 10 differences between the DSSs and the Masoretic Text that is the basis for most versions of the Bible. All italized text is from my transcript of his videos. His video series is: Opening Comments Included: Re: No. 10 — The Masoretic Text […]
Continue ReadingFrom Chat GPT on 1/28/2025. Prompt: How do critical bible scholars explain how the original 10 commandments were preserved when the tablets were broken? Cite the names of the scholars and where their argument are recorded. Critical biblical scholars have proposed various explanations regarding the preservation and transmission of the original Ten Commandments after Moses […]
Continue ReadingFrom Elizabeth Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (Chapter 9, p. 128). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. Modern source theory assigns the varied bodies of legal material found in the Pentateuch to the main biblical sources as follows: In all cases, it is supposed that the sources drew upon much […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of the portion of the transcript of her Lecture 23 related to Daniel. See the full transcript in her DropBox directory. Here is a detailed summary of Christine Hayes’ discussion of the Book of Daniel, highlighting its structure, themes, and eschatological significance: Overview The Book of Daniel is considered the most […]
Continue ReadingBobby Lane started a conversation at the BSA General Discussion forum on January 7, 2025, about the difference between Israel’s God YHWH and other Gods. Michael Waddell’s comment is worth saving and is copied below. Michael L Waddell In the ancient world, gods were very local. The first mention of YHWH in a non-Hebrew inscription […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Critical scholars believe that Ananias was a Jewish Christian based on several textual and historical clues in the New Testament, particularly in the descriptions of him in Acts 9 and Acts 22. These clues suggest that Ananias was part of the early movement of Jewish followers of Jesus who maintained strong ties to […]
Continue ReadingTo Do – Compile the texts highlighted below and read them as the message of Jesus. From Tabor’s Patreon Zoom Mtg on 12/28/2024 – Abbott about goes all the way back to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Christianity, so-called, and so forth, is do we have emerging in all of these texts two very broad […]
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