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This 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 […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 12/20/2025. When did Moses go to Midian, marry, and hear his pagan father-in-law praying to YHWH? Short answer (critical-scholarly view) Most critical scholars place Moses’ flight to Midian, his marriage, and his exposure to YHWH worship there in the late Middle Bronze / early Late Bronze transition, roughly ca. 1400–1250 BCE, depending […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Here is a flowchart showing how major ideas about God/YHWH and “dimensions beyond spacetime” branch from the ancient/classical view → modern philosophical developments → physics-integrated models → explicitly trans-dimensional models in a true flowchart layout using indentation and arrows. Flowchart: How Models of God and Dimensions Develop How to Read This Flowchart By […]
Continue ReadingMy Preface: From ChatGPT in response to the prompt: Have any critical bible scholars suggested that the verse in Matthew 16 that includes “and on this rock I will build my church.” is an interpolation to raise Peter’s status above that of James the brother of Jesus? Yes — several critical (historical-critical) scholars have suggested […]
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