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Below is by Claude.ai on 9/6/2026. My Prompt: I was told there are ten passages in the Hebrew Bible that predict the Messiah’s arrival and what he is supposed to do. Provide those ten and others if critical bible scholars identify more. Include the scriptures based on the WASB. Cite all sources in line. Response: […]
Continue ReadingThis is the follow up post to Part 1 posted this morning. Below are more Claude.ai responses addressing specific doctrines scholars say were developed long after the many books were written and “Church Fathers” choose the books that could be used to support the Doctines they deemed correct. Summary from Below: A broader compiled list. […]
Continue ReadingThis post is the first of two containing Claude.ai responses that began with a request to summarize the transcript of C.J. Cornthwaite’s video embedded below. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. The Part 2 post provides four of the primary Christian Doctrines scholars site as developing long after Jesus and that lead to […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai in response to the prompt: Given all this good info on Gnosticism and it variations, how could I explain it to someone in a short statement when they ask “just what is it”? Response: Here’s a compact version you could use, plus a slightly longer one. One-sentence version: “Gnosticism is a family of […]
Continue ReadingThis is a very long post beginning with a BSA post titled Gnosticism 101 by Keith P. Myers then followed by multiple Claude.ai’s comments about Keith’s explanation and then filling into how christianity, plantonism, and other beliefs evolved.
Continue ReadingCharles Bledsoe’s comment to a post at BSA here. It’s been a little while since I took his course here on the Hebrew Bible, but if I recall, and understood him correctly, Dr. Baden is of the view that reading and interpreting the Bible is, and has always been a creative engagement with it. Readers […]
Continue ReadingThis post is an extract from Bart Ehrman’s post on August 25, 2026 here. He provided concise tables showing the different divisions/presentation of the Hebrew Bible and the English(later Protestant) “Old Testament”. Hebrew Bible/English Old Testament: Charting Their Differences Some blog readers have requested more posts on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. I’m happy to comply! […]
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 ReadingThe summary below was prepared by Claude.ai of the Biblical Archaeology Society article What’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament? Compare differences between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus. BAS Staff August 18, 2026. Examines the textual differences between Codex Sinaiticus, dated to the mid-fourth century C.E. and the oldest complete New Testament […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains two ChatGPT responses related to the use by Terry Traster of the term “byname” and what do scholars mean by it. Terry’s papers on the issues with names where he cited bynames (a new term for me) are in his Dropbox account in the subdirectory Papers on the family of Jesus. The […]
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