A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
The contents of this page were assembled by Claude.ai on 4/29/2026 from the transcript of John J. Collins interview by Bart Ehrman and from a file with my Kindle Highlights from Paula Fredriksen’s book When Christians were Jews. Claude’s paper version of the merger and a widget version are in the 2nd Temple Judaism directory […]
Continue ReadingBelow is based on the book When Christians Were Jews by Paula Fredriksen, pp. 32–41. That portion of her book was copied & pasted from my Kindle version and uploaded to Claude.ai to prepare the outline/summary below. Overview This passage traces a connected chain of political and religious events in Judea from the death of […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains a Claude.ai’s summary of my transcript of the video lecture of John Dominic Crossan’s presented in a video on YouTube that is the same name as this post and is here. Crossan related the evolution of Herod the Great to his son Herod Antipas, who wanted Emperor Tiberius to make him the […]
Continue ReadingClick here for an extensive Timeline of Jewish History. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Provide a timeline of what happened during Alexander the Great’s rule over Judea and Israel up to the time of King Herod. Cite sources for all data and opinions. Here’s a timeline overview of key events […]
Continue ReadingNew Testament Political Figures Confirmed by Lawrence Mykytiuk at BAR *** Extract – In order to understand who the political figures were in the New Testament, we must have a basic grasp of one particular family of rulers—the Herodian family, which was nestled under the wing of the Roman Empire and protected by its military might and served […]
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