The Biblical Moses: Links to BAS Articles
From BAS Newsletter of 8/25/2026. BAS has compiled a remarkable Special Collection, The Biblical Moses. Follow the great scholars’ reasoning in all these articles:
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Bull Imagery in the ANE
From ChatGPT on 6/25/2026 Prompt: The imagery of a bull as representative of the deity was used in the ancient Near East. Was it used by the ancient Israelites in the Abraham to Moses time and later? Cite all sources in line. Response: Yes. Most historians of ancient Israel and critical biblical scholars conclude that […]
Continue ReadingThe Arc: a Portable Throne, an Idol, the Cherubim?
From ChatGPT on 6/25/2026. Scroll down to read the response to the second prompt: Do any critical bible scholars discuss the idea that the ark served as an idol? 1st Prompt – Does the ark of the covenant in the Hebrew Bible have horns on top and that is where YHWH sits as though it […]
Continue ReadingIdols in the Hebrew & Christian Bibles and Today
This post contains Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript of the YouTube “conversation” Biblical Idols with Dan McClellan at the Bible & Archaeology channel. The conversation is hosted by Dr. Jordan Jones and includes Dr. Bob Cargill. The transcript is in the Jordan Jones directory in Dropbox. [But first, my idea when listening to the conversation […]
Continue ReadingJoseph and Moses: Typological Mirrors in the Hebrew Bible
From Claude.ai on 6/16/2026. The narratives of Joseph (Genesis 37–50) and Moses (Exodus 1–15) form one of the most structurally elegant typological pairings in the Hebrew Bible. They are not merely sequential stories but inversions and fulfillments of each other — a literary chiasm stretched across two books, where the themes of descent and ascent, […]
Continue ReadingMount Sinai/Horeb Candidates
From the video at Academia.edu “Eleven days from Horeb”: Deuteronomy 1:1-2 and Har Karkom” by Deborah A Hurn, Bar-Ilan University, PhD, Avondale University, NSW, Australia 2016-22 BTheo (Hons), Vose Baptist Seminary, WA, Australia 2011-15.
Continue ReadingTamar, Mt. Horeb & The Scorpion’s Pass
5/18/2026: 1) This is a Claude.ai’s summary of Tabor’s informal lecture to his tour group when at Tamar. The transcript is in his directory in Dropbox. 2) Below the response are links to Deborah Hurn’s video as cited by Tabor. She presents her proposed understand on the descriptions of the journey and reconstruction of how […]
Continue ReadingTheories of Israelite Origins in Canaan
From ChatGPT on 5/11/2026. Scroll below the first prompt/response for a great table – The Main Theories of Israelite Origins in Canaan Prompt: Provide links to articles by critical bible scholars related to the origins of Israel in Canaan: an examination of recent theories. Here’s a curated list of scholarly articles and resources by critical […]
Continue ReadingWhen Did Moses etal arrived in Canaan?
From Claude.ai on 5/11/2026 in relation to the post Egypt, Assyria, and the Levant: A Chronological Narrative. Prompt: When do critical bible scholars say that Moses and the isralites that left Egypt arrived in Canaan? Cite sources in line. Claude responded: What Critical Scholars Say About When the Israelites Arrived in Canaan The Majority View: […]
Continue ReadingJesus’ & 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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