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Biblical maximalists—those who think the Bible contains reliable historical information—because they indicate that Jerusalem was a city with political significance, the kind of city that might well have been made into the capital of David’s kingdom, just like the Bible records. BAR Article Biblical “minimalists, those who treat the Bible as an ideological document with […]
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Continue ReadingFrom https://thebiblesays.com/en/maps/535692-jezreel-valley-kishon – This map shows the Jezreel Valley and the Kishon River, a broad and fertile corridor in northern Israel between Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, and Mount Gilboa. The valley was strategically important because major travel routes, including the Great Trunk Road, passed through it, connecting the coast, Galilee, and inland regions. Important biblical […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/23/2026. Copied from the end of the Response below: A concise way many scholars distinguish the terms is: The full Response In critical biblical scholarship, apocalyptic and eschatological are related concepts, but they are not identical. Eschatology Eschatology comes from the Greek eschatos (“last”) and logos (“study” or “teaching”). In biblical studies, […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a conversation that began on 12/30/2025 in the Nerds Only Forum at BSA where the participants discussed the bible and how it can be read and used. What remains of scriptural authority after infallibility and univocality collapse OP – Schaun Wheeler – Faith without doubt is just pretext I grew up in and […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Metaphysical ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of being, existence, and reality at the most fundamental level. It asks questions like “What exists?” “What does it mean for something to exist?” and “What are the basic categories of things that make up reality?” Key areas that metaphysical ontology explores […]
Continue ReadingFrom BAR Mapping Troy’s Luwian Context In a paper published in the journal Nature Scientific Data, an international team from the Luwian Studies Foundation provided the most up-to-date map of Middle and Late Bronze Age (c. 2000–1200 BCE) Luwian settlements ever catalogued, which includes ancient Troy. The study, comprising 483 settlements, illuminates the cultural landscape around […]
Continue Reading11/21/2025 – In the BSA General discussion forum, Bobby Lane began a conversation titled I’ve misunderstood faith, literally. Many interesting comments ensued, pointing out differences between the ancient Hebrew understanding of faith, the early Christian view, and the contemporary Protestant view. I asked ChatGPT and Claude.ai about differences and how they evolved using the same […]
Continue ReadingPsalms 137 (ASV) 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth theeAs thou hast served us.9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little onesAgainst the rock. Below from ChatGPT Below is a list of passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament that […]
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