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This post contains a summary by Claude.ai of an interview of Dr. John Collins (see link below) where he presents the major events from the Persian Period to the Macabean Revolt. Claude.ai was asked to summarize the interview by presenting the events, with Collins’ context, in chronological order. The transcript of the interview is in […]
Continue ReadingFrom BAS Newsletter of 8/25/2026. BAS has compiled a remarkable Special Collection, The Biblical Moses. Follow the great scholars’ reasoning in all these articles:
Continue ReadingThis post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the BAR article by Ronald Hendle titled Parsing the Divine Name. A PDF copy of it is in his directory in Dropbox. The second response provides scholar’s different inntrepretations of ehyeh ‘ăšer ‘ehyeh. Below that is a Response related to James Tabor followed by one related to Bart Ehrman. […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s summary of Dr. Ehrman’s talk. Not Claude did not include the inserted editorial videos. Bart Ehrman’s Argument: From Mark’s Jesus to the Nicene Creed Framing the question Starting point: the Council of Nicaea (325 CE) Working backward to the earliest Gospel: Mark Ehrman’s thesis: how you get from Mark to Nicaea Note: […]
Continue Reading7/18/2026 – From Dr. Bart Ehrman’s blog post here. The five posts linked below by Bart’s good friends are very interesting, as the two scholars articulate how they balance faith, the church, and the academy. As Dr. Jeff Siker said he lives with “one foot in the church and one in the academy”. They are […]
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Continue ReadingBelow are links to articles by Emmanuel Anati supporting his hypothesis. Below that is a response from Claude.ai citing scholars who oppose Anati’s hypothesis and why. From Claude.ai on 6/9/2026 for the prompt: “Provide links to articles about the theory that the Scorpion Pass in Israel leads into a valley and there is God’s mountain […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 6/6/2026. Prompt – Some critical bible scholars say that when the Gospel of Luke and Acts begin addressing Theophilus, the reference is not to a person but a group. Cite those scholars and their rationale and context. Claude responded: Theophilus as a Symbolic Address: The Collective/Generic Interpretation The two relevant passages are […]
Continue ReadingHow Not to Interpret the Bible. Part Ten. What about the Trinity? Last updated on: July 14, 2022 at 8:52 am By Ben Witherington Here is a summary by Claude.ai of Witherington’s position as laid out in that article: Progressive Revelation as the Framework Witherington’s central organizing principle is progressive revelation — God disclosed truth gradually, […]
Continue Reading05/09/2026 – Last month Mark Goodacre gave the keynote lecture at a conference called “Reassessing the Emergence of the Gospels: Genre, Media, Reception.” He described the current state of gospels research, and he mentions a ton of important books that have redefined the field over the last few decades. Below is a summary by Michael […]
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