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The 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 ReadingThis post contains the conversation at BSA titled “Jesus sacrifice” started on 2/23/26 by Kimberly Callaway, but first here is an extract from a Bart response to a question. “Technically, if God releases a person from the consequences of their sin based on the death of Jesus he is not “forgiving” (foregoing payment or penalty) […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s 1000-word summary of John S. Kloppenborg’s paper, “On Dispensing with Q? Goodacre on the Relation of Luke to Matthew”. See the PDF copy of the paper in his directory in Dropbox that is embedded below. Also see the PDF file in his directory in Dropbox of his 178-page book Q, the Earliest […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s summary of Richard Elliott Friedman’s paper titled “Taking the Biblical Text Apart”. A PDF version is in his directory in Dropbox. Overview Richard Elliott Friedman’s article introduces and defends the Documentary Hypothesis, the most widely accepted scholarly explanation for how the first books of the Bible were composed. Rather than being written […]
Continue ReadingFrom Michael Waddle’s response—my first introduction to Western noninterpolations on 2/21/2026—in a post at BSA here: What are the Western noninterpolations? (The link is to Wikipedia, where there are ranked lists of citations and the supporting manuscripts.) This is the name scholars give to a small set of passages in the Gospel of Luke (and […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 2/17/2026. Prompt: What is the Apostolic Creed, and how does it relate to the evolution of the Nicaea Creed? [See also the post in this site titled The Councils and Creeds creating the Trinity] Great question — the relationship between these two creeds is often misunderstood. The Apostles’ Creed The Apostles’ Creed […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 2/17/2026. Go to the post here for how the Apostles Creed relates to the Nicaea Creed. Summary – Those in bold are the primary Councils. Council of Nicaea (325 AD) Convened by Emperor Constantine, Nicaea was the first ecumenical (universal) council of the Christian church. Its primary purpose was to resolve the […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains most of an interesting thread, started on 2/8/2026, by non-scholars at BSA titled Equality In The Kingdom. All emphasis is mine. John R.‘s Original Post — In his letter to the Galatians, Paul writes, “There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 1/29/2026, based on the prompt: Provide an accessible summary of Hegel’s theory and how F.C. Baur movement used Hegel and spawned the Markan Hypothesis. This is my first introduction to these scholars and how their work leads to significantly advanced understandings. Below that response is a second that relates how Papias and […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains thoughts and insights contained in the original post (linked below) by Shaun Wheeler. The base subject is, in my words, what authority does the bible have if it is not seen as fully dictated by God and applicable for eternity. Here is the link to the very enlightening thread. What remains of […]
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