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From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com on 11/16/2024. Prompt: List the scriptures in Matthew where the writer refers to an event fulfilling the scriptures. Cite the scriptures from the NRSV and the context of each scripture in the Hebrew Bible that scholars believe is being referred to. At the end of the response […]
Continue ReadingBart Ehrman’s Post Jesus’ Death in Mark and Luke, September 10, 2012. Excerpt – Luke, then, changed Mark’s account both because he had a different view of Jesus going to his death and because he wanted his readers to take away something different from the account. It is a real mistake to think that Mark […]
Continue ReadingClick here for an extensive Timeline of Jewish History. From ChatGPT 11/7/2024 with additional prompts on 6/19/2025. Prompt – Provide a timeline of the development of Jewish Christianity citing the source in a separate list including all related scripture. Timeline of the Development of Jewish Christianity Sources and Related Scripture Citations Additional prompt on 6/19/2025. […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from a Post/Thread at BAS here by Willie Pankey, Retired Academic Librarian. Some scholarly observations to consider: “Most scholars agree that the doctrine of bodily resurrection is a fairly late development within the writings of Judaism. The first unambiguous declarations in the OT of resurrection from the dead occur in Daniel 12:2 and […]
Continue ReadingThe italicized text below immediately after the bullet is from Bart Ehrman’s post Early Christian Docetism, September 28, 2015. The text following that line is from another of his posts at the cited link. From the surviving documents of the period, there appear to have been five major competing Christologies (= understandings of who Christ […]
Continue ReadingJesus in Arabia: Tracing the Spread of Christianity into the Desert Published by BAR; written by Ahmad Al-Jallad. This is a very detailed article with maps and photos. Read it here. The Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Arabia? A rock inscription from the Jordanian desert invokes Jesus at BAR by Marek Dospěl July 25, 2023. Read it […]
Continue ReadingA Wedding at Cana—Whose and Where? by James Tabor September 26, 2024 There is a very intriguing story, unique to the Gospel of John, about a wedding attended by Jesus and his disciples at the Galilean village of Cana (John 2:1–11). Within the Gospel of John the story functions in a theological and even allegorical manner—it is the “first” […]
Continue ReadingTzitzit refers to the fringes or tassels attached to the corners of a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) or tallit katan (a smaller garment worn under clothing). These fringes are a physical reminder of the commandments and values in the Torah. From here. Related – What Color Was Tekhelet? – Re: The blue or purple in […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains summaries of interpolations as cited by Bart Ehrman in his podcast here. A transcript of that podcast is in his folder in DropBox. Luke 2:33 Jesus is born and taken to the temple Luke 2:33 Jesus is born and taken to the temple. and there’s a man in there named Simeon who […]
Continue ReadingThe info below was extracted from Wikipedia on 9/9/2024. Suggested locations of the Sermon Traditionally, the Mount of Beatitudes has been commemorated as the physical site at which the sermon took place. Other locations, such as Mount Arbel and the Horns of Hattin, have also been suggested as possibilities. The Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: הר האושר, Har HaOsher) is a hill […]
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