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The Hasmoneans were a Jewish dynasty that ruled Judea and the surrounding regions during the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. They emerged as leaders of the Jewish people after the Maccabean Revolt (167–160 BCE) against the Seleucid Empire, a Greek-Macedonian dynasty that controlled much of the Near East following the conquests of Alexander the Great. […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 11/23/2024. Jump to the second chat below “The Transition from Ptolemaic and Seleucid Rule in Judea to the Hasmonean Dynasty, the Qumran Community, and Rome’s Conquest including the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Jump to a concise chronological list of events. The Transition from Seleucid Rule in Judea to the Hasmonean Dynasty and Rome’s Conquest […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Based on the historic bible scholars prepare a 2000-word paper on female deities worshiped in house shrines in ancient Israel and adjacent peoples. Discuss their motifs and the context. Cite any scriptures from the ASV and list all sources at the end of the response. […]
Continue ReadingThis post provides the link below to a very good lecture by Dr. John J Colins and then a ChatGPT prompt/response about the social and political eventss at the time of Qumran and the Scrolls. From ChatGPT 11/14/2024. First Prompt – Prepare a 1000-word paper that presents the events and people of Qumran and their […]
Continue ReadingCanaanites, Amorites, and Hittites in History and the Bible by Paul Davidson, September 20, 2015. See his updated YouTube video The Canaanites in History and the Bible dated September 20, 2023. My transcript is in DropBox subdirectory named Canaanites. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What is known by biblical history scholars […]
Continue ReadingFrom Prompt – Prepare concise lists of the personality traits of Israel kings Saul, David, Solomon, Jeroboam I and Rehoboam as seen by historical scholars of the Hebrew Bible. Cite the sources in a list at the end of the article linking each source with it contribution byway of footnotes. Here’s a concise summary of […]
Continue ReadingPreface: In addition to the info below see the post on this site here and here that show side-by-side stories and the many doublets. Ross Nichols’ teaching on 11/2/2024 was about the two flood stories and how they are a blend of the J and P writers. In the video, he provided the following lists […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com unless otherwise indicated. Prompt – As the bible indicates the Israelites and the Canaanites saw they worshipped the same god with different names i.e. Elohim and YHWH, do scholars think the occupation was peaceful? Provide the names of scholars who support the different models? The question of […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What changes in religious practice resulted from the Jewish revolt against Roman rule after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the Bar Kochba revolt, Include changes in Jewish Christianity and later Christianity? The Jewish revolts against Roman rule, particularly the destruction […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the original content of this post on 10/24/2024, for how Herod transitioned the High Priest position from ruler to being under the king see this post on 9/2/2026. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Who were the High Priests during Israel’s monarchy periods and where were they located? […]
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