Jesus’ & Mose’s Scriptual Parallels
Below is a slide from Bart Ehrman’s lecture in NINT 2023 and below that is ChatGPT’s citations of related scriptures to each bullet.
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Why does Jesus wash the disciples’ feet in John 13?
This is the transcript of Mark Goodacre’s short where he gives his answer to the question. He also points out how this story shows a synoptic type of relationship between all four gospels.
Continue ReadingWhen was Jesus crucified? Mark Goodacre & Jonathan Klawans
4/5/2026 – Below is the transcript of Goodacre’s Short on YouTube here. Below the transcript is a Claude.ai response to a prompt offering the transcript and asking for more insight particularly regarding the different starts of the day of the Jewish calendar and the Roman calendar. Jump down to Extract from the BAR article Was […]
Continue ReadingHow Does Paul Differ from Jesus related to the Love Command?
Note from me – This response was a follow-up to one that asked for a list of beliefs that Paul taught as well as Jesus. Claude cited 6-8, but at least three did not “fit” with what I heard taught. So this is Claude’s correction that made a good stand-alone post. In the original response, […]
Continue ReadingHow Does Paul Differ from Jesus related to the Last Supper?
From Claude.ai on 3/31/2026. This response also contains info related to the origins of the Last Supper. Critical scholars do not broadly support the Last Supper as a point of continuity between Jesus and Paul. Here is what the scholarship actually says: The Core Problem: Paul Is the Only Primary Source The first written description […]
Continue ReadingHow Does Paul Differ from Jesus related to Salvation/Forgiveness?
By Claude.ai on 3/31/2026. That is one of the genuine tensions that critical scholars themselves debate. This is actually a point where critical scholars themselves identify a significant discontinuity. Here is what the scholarship actually says: The Forgiveness Problem: Ehrman’s Direct Assessment The most direct critical-scholarly voice on this is Bart Ehrman. Ehrman argues that […]
Continue ReadingJesus’s Teachings Also Taught by Paul
Note from me – This response was the original response (now with updates) to the prompt below that asked for a list of beliefs that Paul taught as well as Jesus; i.e. where Paul agreed with Jesus. Claude cited seven, but three did not “fit” with what I heard taught. When I separately asked Claude […]
Continue ReadingQuestions about Paul & Jesus’ Differences
This post contains questions raised by Bart Ehrman in the intro text to his course “Paul and Jesus: The Great Divide” at BSA. Reformatting is mine.
Continue ReadingCrossan & Fuller – Lecture series on Israel and Rome
Week 01ISRAEL & ROME Livestream QnA: Tuesday, February 24th (10am PT / 1pm ET) How the Romanization of Israel resulted in both Violent Rebellion & Nonviolent Resistance Objective: Establish the political matrix of Jesus’ world through historical reconstruction. We will examine… Week 02BAPTISM & JORDAN Livestream QnA: Tuesday, March 3rd (10am PT / 1pm ET) […]
Continue ReadingHerod Antipas
This 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:
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