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 ReadingIn addition to the post below, see the post on this site, Fish in the Sea of Galilee. From Claude.ai. Prompt – Provide bible scholar John Dominic Crossan’s explanation of how the Sea of Galilee became the Sea of Tiberias and how that impacted Jesus’ message. This is a rich topic that Crossan has written […]
Continue ReadingThis post is a list of talking points prepared by Claude.ai of a very good article at BAR titled Antipas—The Herod Jesus Knew by Morten Hørning Jensen. A PDF of the article is in the “Herod and Sons” directory in Dropbox. Here’s a summary of the article’s key talking points:
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 ReadingExtracts from the PDF version of the article in Tamas Visi’s directory in Dropbox titled The Chronology of John the Baptist and the Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth: A New Approach by Tamás Visi of the Kurt and Ursula Schubert Centre for Jewish Studies, Palacký University, Olomouc; Thomas-Institute, University of Cologne. 1 The Date of […]
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