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From ChatGPT on 11/10/2024. Prompt Series – Prepare an outline of the events in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1550 BCE) related toAbraham and the Patriarchs and their descendants noting the location of the events and any related NRSV bible scripture. Provide a list of sources at the end of the paper. Five Follow-up prompts […]
Continue ReadingCanaanites, Amorites, and Hittites in History and the Bible by Paul Davidson, September 20, 2015. See his updated YouTube video The Canaanites in History and the Bible dated September 20, 2023. My transcript is in DropBox subdirectory named Canaanites. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What is known by biblical history scholars […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Where in the old testament does it tell about Noah getting falling-down drunk, lying butt-naked in a stupor, having to be covered up by his sons, and then cursing one of them and his descendants forever once he sobered up? That incident is recorded in […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 11/8/2024. Prompt – Where in the Old Testament is the Holy Spirit cited? Quote the verses based on the NRSV. [See below for the same verses from the ASV.] The Holy Spirit is referenced several times in the Old Testament, often with terms like “Spirit of God” or “Spirit of the LORD.” […]
Continue ReadingNOTE – This post is included here although it is also in pages and posts at this site to demonstrate the use of the term I had never heard Yehud Medinata. From ChatGPT\Prompt – Provide the location of the Yehud Medinata in ancient Israel and text that cites the dates it existed, how it was […]
Continue ReadingFrom Prompt – Prepare concise lists of the personality traits of Israel kings Saul, David, Solomon, Jeroboam I and Rehoboam as seen by historical scholars of the Hebrew Bible. Cite the sources in a list at the end of the article linking each source with it contribution byway of footnotes. Here’s a concise summary of […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Walking with God in the Hebrew Bible Here are the key verses from the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that specifically refer to “walking with God”: Genesis 5:22-24 “Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred […]
Continue ReadingPreface: In addition to the info below see the post on this site here and here that show side-by-side stories and the many doublets. Ross Nichols’ teaching on 11/2/2024 was about the two flood stories and how they are a blend of the J and P writers. In the video, he provided the following lists […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Prompt: List all the kings of the Kingdom of Judah (Southern Kingdom) from the beginning of the divided monarchy to the babylonian invasion and exhile. cite all sources The Divided Monarchy period, approximately from 930 to 722 BCE, marks a time when the unified Kingdom of Israel split into two separate kingdoms after […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com unless otherwise indicated. Prompt – As the bible indicates the Israelites and the Canaanites saw they worshipped the same god with different names i.e. Elohim and YHWH, do scholars think the occupation was peaceful? Provide the names of scholars who support the different models? The question of […]
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