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This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of Christina Gousopoulos (University of Toronto), New Testament Studies (2024) paper. The pdf file of the paper is in the “Q Gospel” directory in Dropbox. It is an academic paper in the usual style. Claude was told to prepare the summary for a non-academic.
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 7/26/2026 – Prompt: Does Crossan, in other documents or interviews, or other critical bible scholars, see differences in the Greek of the we passages and the rest of Luke/Acts? Cite all sources in line. Response: Short answer: yes — this is actually the central pillar of the whole “we-passages” debate, and it […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 7/26/2026. Also see Bart’s post here. Background: Indulgences and Church Corruption By the early sixteenth century, the sale of indulgences—documents claiming to reduce or eliminate the temporal punishment for sin—had become a significant source of controversy in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church’s practice of granting indulgences to provide absolution to sinners […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains the Claude.ai summary of the transcript of an interview on Dec 12, 2025 of Steve Mason by C.J. Cornwaithe on YouTube here. The transcript is in Steve Mason’s directory in Dropbox. Mason cites five cases where Luke/Acts apparently used Josephus, as that is the simplest reason for the parallels.
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 7/6/2026. Tikkun Soferim: The Emendations of the Scribes What the term means Tikkun soferim (תיקון סופרים, plural tiqqunei soferim) is a rabbinic term for a change made to the wording of the Tanakh in order to protect God’s honor or avoid theologically uncomfortable language. Rabbi Simon ben Pazzi, a third-century sage, is […]
Continue ReadingSummary of my Transcript Here’s a summary of Paula Fredriksen’s interview, along with her named heroes and their books: Summary In this interview with Derek Lambert, Paula Fredriksen traces her intellectual lineage in New Testament scholarship, highlighting the thinkers who most shaped her understanding of Jesus, Paul, and early Christianity. Her Heroes (in order of […]
Continue Reading4/20/2026 – Found John Phillip Newell.
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai. Below are key passages in the Hebrew Bible where God is described with the cluster of attributes: merciful/gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and faithfulness (or close equivalents).All quotations are from the American Standard Version (ASV), as requested. Across the passages below, especially from Exodus 34:6–7, the Hebrew Bible consistently describes […]
Continue ReadingMary Joan Winn Leith has a very interesting discussion of this question in her article “Biblical Views: Who Did Cain Marry?” in the Biblical Archaeology Review 39.6 (2013): 22, 82–84. Her article was summarized by ChatGPT and the summary is below. Summary of Mary Joan Winn Leith, “Biblical Views: Who Did Cain Marry?” Mary Joan Winn Leith […]
Continue ReadingDetailed Summary by ChatGPT of the transcript of Tabor’s Lecture 5 in his Christianity Before Paul course on MVP, focusing on the four scriptures Tabor cited in the related post James the Just: Tabor’s Sources and Why Below is a detailed, text-by-text account of the specific clues Dr. Tabor identifies in the four Johannine passages to support […]
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