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Summary by Claude.ai of the BAS article “How the Serpent in the Garden Became Satan” Shawna Dolansky | Biblical Archaeology Society. The PDF file of the article is in Dropbox/Satan. Below the summary is the prompt “How do critical bible scholars view the position of the writer of that article?” and the response. Claude says […]
Continue ReadingSee Joel Baden’s NIHB 2026 lecture on Genesis 18:23-33 that is the passage where Abraham seems to haggle with God to determine exactly how many righteous people would have to be in Sodom before God would refrain from destroying the city. See the PDF in the Sodom and Gomorrah directory in dropbox of “Shall Not […]
Continue ReadingFrom Michael Waddell’s post The Sin of Adam begun on 3/17/2026. Michael’s Original Post makes some very interesting points. Comments are offered by very well-spoken members who also make very interesting points. Michael Waddell In yesterday’s event, BSA Bible Study: Romans 1-8, we discussed (among other things) Romans 5, Paul’s peculiar passage about Adam and […]
Continue ReadingAgainst Complementarism Is Complementarian Theology Abusive? by Megan Cornwell 28 July 2022, 8 min read The Biblical Basis of Egalitarianism in 500 Words by Marg Mowszko, August 10, 2022 In Support of Complementarianism The Danvers Statement summarizes the need for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) and serves as an overview of our core […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of Robert Cargill’s “Lecture 4: Babylon and Megiddo” from his lecture series “Cities of the Bible” from BSA. See the transcript, from which this summary was made, in his directory in Dropbox. The summary does not include his talk about Megiddo, but that is in a separate post. Robert Cargill’s lecture […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 1/27/2026. Below is the expanded comparison table, with an added column indicating the day on which each event occurs. Where the second creation account has no day structure, this is stated explicitly. Category Genesis 1:1–2:4a (First Creation Account) Day (Gen 1) Genesis 2:4b–3:24 (Second Creation Account) Day (Gen 2–3) Common scholarly label […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Here’s what critical Bible scholars generally say about Genesis 14 in relation to the rest of Genesis—especially regarding its language, source and the term “Hebrew.” All points below are cited to academic or widely-accepted scholarly discussions and avoid devotional or theological commentary. Genesis 14’s uniqueness in critical scholarship The term “Hebrew” (ʿivri) in […]
Continue ReadingDifferences in the Two Creation Stories [In addition to the information below, see the Genesis page on this site.] From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com, 11/19/2024 The two creation stories in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis reflect differences in style, content, and emphasis. Scholars often attribute these to different sources: J (Yahwist) and P (Priestly). […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a table created by ChatGPT from the slide outline of Lecture 4 of Dr. Joel Baden’s course at BSA, given in Fall 2025. The slide is in his directory in DropBox. Another good post here is Flood Stories: Doublets & Side by Side***. Here’s a condensed comparison table drawn directly from Baden’s lecture […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from the slides presented by Dr. Joel Baden in Lecture 3 of his course at BSA titled The Hebrew Bible Exploring the Literature of Ancient Israel. Slide 8Wisdom of Amenemope (13th c. BCE)Do not move the markers on the borders of fields…norencroach on the boundaries of a widow. Proverbs 23:10 Do not remove […]
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