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Extracts from the “Did Jesus see himself as the Messiah?” roundtable post by Michael Waddell at BSA. From a post here containing ChatGPT’s summary of the transcript of Paula Fredriksen’s Lecture: “Turning the Tables on the ‘Purification’ of the Temple” in NINT 2025. Jesus did not heal the man with a “skin disease” NRSVue [“leper” […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt: Provide a timeline of the messianic figures and rebel leaders who emerged during the chaotic period 100 years before the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE and up to the Bar Kochba rebellion. Include the events in the life of John the Baptist, Jesus, […]
Continue ReadingNotes From ChatCPT Prompt: Who was Judas of Galilee? When was he rebelling against Rome and in what part of the Galilee? Provide any context associated with Jesus of Nazareth. Judas of Galilee (sometimes referred to as Judas the Galilean) was a prominent Jewish revolutionary who led a significant revolt against Roman authority in 6 […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Athronges was a messianic figure and rebel leader who emerged during the chaotic period following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. His story is recorded primarily in the works of the historian Josephus, who provides insight into Athronges’ background, his rebellion, and its consequences. Below are key details about him: […]
Continue ReadingNotes from ChatGPT Response below. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt: Tell me about Menahem ben Hezekiah, would-be messiah and leader of the revolt of 66 CE, who was allegedly a descendant of David born in Bethlehem. Menahem ben Hezekiah was a significant but enigmatic figure in Jewish history, active during the […]
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