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From Searching for the “Original” Bible. Do the Dead Sea Scrolls help? By Emanuel Tov Were the nations divided according to the number of the sons of God? Did God have sons? (Deuteronomy 32:8) The first 43 verses of Deuteronomy 32 comprise the beautiful poem of Moses. Deuteronomy 32:8 in the King James Version reads: “When the Most High divided to the […]
Continue ReadingBelow is ChatGPT’s summary of the portion of the transcript of her Lecture 23 related to Daniel. See the full transcript in her DropBox directory. Here is a detailed summary of Christine Hayes’ discussion of the Book of Daniel, highlighting its structure, themes, and eschatological significance: Overview The Book of Daniel is considered the most […]
Continue ReadingTo view the Hebrew Bible page at Wikipedia go here for lists/links to those books. OT Books in the Christian Bible from Wikipedia:
Continue ReadingHere are two ChatGPT responses that provide scholars and their findings about the historicity of Joshua 6 and the collapse of the walls and killing all men, women, children, and animals. Below the first response are two more prompts: First Prompt: Provide info on Kathleen Kenyon’s work at Jericho revealing no evidence of city walls […]
Continue ReadingFriedman situates Leviticus within the context of the Priestly source (P). See info below about an H (Holiness) Source inside the P material. Freidman does not comment on the H hypothesis. Extracts from Chapter 10, Elizabeth Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (pp. 148-149). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. Formating […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains significant comments to a post in the Bible Nerds section titled Were Yahweh and El, the Chief god of the Canaanite Pantheon, Good Buddies? at Biblical Studies Academy stemming from the OP by Ron Gamache dated 12/29/2024. Following is a paragraph with the question from the Original Post; Can the biblical scholars […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2025). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt: Compare Hammurabi’s code with the code of Shulgi, king of the Sumerian city of Ur, and the Hebrew Bible’s 10 commandments citing sources and dates when critical bible scholars believe each was written. To compare the legal codes of Hammurabi, Shulgi, and the Hebrew Bible’s Ten […]
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Continue ReadingPer Richard Friedman, Leviticus 1 is from the Priestly writer here. Leviticus 1:1-17 ASV 1 And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man of you offereth an oblation unto Jehovah, ye shall offer your […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains links to the ten episodes of his podcast that were devoted to the Tanakh, or Old Testament and lists of subsections in the episodes that I found particularly interesting and insightful.
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