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5/9/2026 – Prompt: Looking to all critical bible scholars and historians, provide a chronological narrative of the impact of Assyria and Egypt on the Levant. Particularly noting the evolving relationship between the two superpowers. Before the response are paragraphs about a Check Prompt using ChatGPT and a list of links used by the two AI’s
Continue ReadingClaude.ai’s summary of 10 Things to Know About the Assyrian Empire, Who were the Assyrians? at BAS by Robin Ngo; published on July 17, 2025. The PDF of the article is in the Assyrian Empire directory in Dropbox.
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 5/7/2026. – Summary of the article at BAS: “Judah’s African Ally: Taharqa and the Kingdom of Cush” By James K. Hoffmeier, Biblical Archaeology Review 51.2 (2025). Following the summary are two followup responses from Claude and one includes a Hyksos to Cush timeline.
Continue ReadingThe outline covers 13 chronological events spanning from the giving of the Law at Sinai through the composition of the gospels after 70 CE. Each entry identifies the key figures, describes what happened, and explicitly notes how it connects to the events immediately before and after it in Fredriksen’s argument. The narrative chain Fredriksen is […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 6/27/2025 Here’s a comprehensive look at why critical Bible scholars believe the distrust and dislike between the Samaritans and Jews ran deep in antiquity—politically, ethnically, religiously, and culturally: 1. Ethnic and cultural origins – “mixed race” stigma After Assyria conquered the Northern Kingdom (~722 BCE), they deported many Israelites and resettled the region […]
Continue ReadingThe three prompts below were responded to in Explanatory Mode by Claude.ai when I was working on my sermon for Rob Couch’s Preaching and Teaching course during the spring of 2025. Prompt 1 – Prepare a brief presentation of the prophet Micah’s life at the time of the Assyrian invasion and King Hezekiah’s reforms. The […]
Continue ReadingFor a good lecture on the Assyrians that mentions Lacish and the Assyrians methods see Dr. Robert Cargill’s Lecture 3 of Cities of the Bible at BSA. The audio of that lecture is in his directory in Dropbox. From Claude.ai on 4/23/2025: Prompt: Explain how critical bible scholars see the prophecies in Micah related to […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Prompt – Provide a timeline of the conflicts and controls between Israel/Judea, Assyria, Egypt, and Cush when the Assyrian ruler, proceeded south along the Mediterranean coast to the Egyptian border at Gaza, where he defeated the Egyptian army. Include all sources. The interactions among Israel (later Judah), Assyria, Egypt, and Cush (Kush) during […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What are the names of the northern tribes of Israel that were dispersed by the Assyrians? The northern tribes of Israel that were dispersed by the Assyrians are often referred to as the “Ten Lost Tribes.” According to biblical accounts, these tribes made up the […]
Continue ReadingJump to ChatGPT Outline below. Related Posts on this site: Lecture 11 in the Intro to the Old Testament by Christine Hayes at Open Yale Courses. This lecture, focusing on Moses’s final address to the Israelites and transfer of authority to Joshua, describes Moses as the paradigmatic leader of biblical tradition. The structure of Deuteronomy […]
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