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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:
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 […]
Continue ReadingThis post is an intro to a very good article at BAS titled Machaerus: Where Salome Danced and John the Baptist Was Beheaded by Győző Vörös. A PDF copy is in his directory in Dropbox. [Pronunciation with my amateurish phonics: mac-ear-us.] Other elated articles are: Győző Vörös, who has a Ph.D. in architecture, has directed the Machaerus […]
Continue ReadingFrom Lecture Two Overview | In the Beginning None Greater Than John In this lecture, Dr. James D. Tabor shifts the starting point of Christian origins from Jesus to the figure earliest sources identify as foundational: John the Baptist. Using the Gospel of Mark, Q, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Josephus, Dr. Tabor shows that […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT based on Tabor’s paper he shared in Dec. 2025 that is in Dropbox…\James Tabor\Courses\Christianity Before Paul\Introduction – The Jewish World of John, Jesus, and James.pdf” Below is a side-by-side chronological timeline that places John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, and James the Just within the historical events framework used by Dr. James Tabor. […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains extracts from the very good article at BAR linked below. The PDF version of it is in his directory in DropBox. The part below in bold is the interviewer’s voice, and the other is Freyne’s. Jesus of History vs. Jesus of Tradition. BAR interviews Sean Freyne Sean Freyne is director of Mediterranean and […]
Continue ReadingWas John the Baptist Greater than Jesus? Below is a summary prepared from the transcript of the above video. The transcript is in Tabor’s directory in Dropbox as well as the John the Baptist directory. Below the summary is a listing of the scriptures that support Tabor’s statements per ChatGPT. First Prompt: Summarize the attached […]
Continue ReadingThe text here is ChatGPT’s summary of Robyn Faith Walsh’s 11-minute video “Were Jesus and John the Baptist Related?” and Claude.ai’s summary of Bart Ehrman’s video with Megan Lewis titled Was Jesus a Copycat? The Role of John the Baptist. Red letter emphasis was added by me. 10/20/2025. Summary of “Were Jesus and John the […]
Continue ReadingA very good paper by Dr. James Tabor is in his directory in Dropbox. The file name is Wadi-el-Yabis-Pella-in-John-1.pdf. The paper was written for an SBL group in 2011 and is titled Wadi el-Yabis and the Elijah “Wadi Cherith” traditions in Relationship to John and Jesus in the Gospel of John. Extracts are below. Opening […]
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