1 and 2 Samuel

From: Elizabeth Hayes, Christine. Introduction to the Bible (The Open Yale Courses Series) (p. 203). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition. Formatting into a list is by this website’s guy. The books of Samuel deal with the transition from the period of the judges to the period of the monarchy. First Samuel opens with the story […]

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King Hezekiah and King Josiah

From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What was the relationship between King Hezekiah’s and King Josiah? King Hezekiah and King Josiah were both kings of Judah, but they were not contemporaries. Hezekiah was Josiah’s great-grandfather. Hezekiah had a son named Manasseh, who succeeded him as king of Judah. Manasseh’s son, Amon, […]

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King Hezekiah, Isaiah, Micah, Babylon and the Shadow Miracle

For an interesting article at BAR see Hezekiah’s Religious Reform—In the Bible and Archaeology, What was King Hezekiah’s reform like on the ground? by David Rafael Moulis; December 12, 2024. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Scroll down to see Follow-up prompts: Initial Prompt – How do the actions of King Hezekiah in the Hebrew […]

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Samuel the Judge

From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com. 11/19/2024. Samuel, a pivotal figure during the transition from the period of the Judges to the monarchy, served as a prophet, priest, and the last judge of Israel. His life and leadership are chronicled in the books of 1 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Samuel’s role […]

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Pre-Abraham History & Archeology

6,500-Year-Old DNA Points to Ancient Migration – BAS by Robin Ngo, August 31, 2018. “The genetic analysis provided an answer to the central question we set out to address,” said co-author Dr. David Reich. “It showed that the Peqi’in people had substantial ancestry from northerners—similar to those living in Iran and Turkey—that was not present in earlier […]

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Christine Hayes

11/13/2024 – We began listening to her 2006 Open Yale Course titled Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). Syllabus Description This course examines the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient Israel, and a foundational document of Western civilization. A wide range of methodologies, including source […]

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Joshua the Book

Joshua’s Alter at Shechem where he and Abraham Settled Was Rahab Really a Harlot? at BAS by Anthony J. Frendo The consonants that make up the word “prostitute” in Hebrew are znh (זנה), which happen to be identical to the consonants of the Hebrew word for a female person who gives food and provisions.2 And indeed, the Biblical text does […]

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