A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
This is a very long post beginning with a BSA post titled Gnosticism 101 by Keith P. Myers then followed by multiple Claude.ai’s comments about Keith’s explanation and then filling into how christianity, plantonism, and other beliefs evolved.
Continue ReadingThis post is an extract from Bart Ehrman’s post on August 25, 2026 here. He provided concise tables showing the different divisions/presentation of the Hebrew Bible and the English(later Protestant) “Old Testament”. Hebrew Bible/English Old Testament: Charting Their Differences Some blog readers have requested more posts on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. I’m happy to comply! […]
Continue ReadingBy the end of his presentation, he had built a graphic depicting the interrelationships he described. The final graphic is below. Below is Claude.ai’s summary of the transcript (in his directory in Dropbox) of the above video. Overview This transcript presents C.J. Cornthwaite’s argument that early Christian literature from the first 200 years reveals an […]
Continue ReadingThis is the third post in my interest in the ages of the disciples and their apparant youth. This post is the last of a long ChatGPT conversation on 8/7/2026. The conversation digs into the age ranges of the 12 disciples and others. That first post led to the second related to how James must […]
Continue ReadingBelow is Claude.ai’s summary of Dr. Ehrman’s talk. Not Claude did not include the inserted editorial videos. Bart Ehrman’s Argument: From Mark’s Jesus to the Nicene Creed Framing the question Starting point: the Council of Nicaea (325 CE) Working backward to the earliest Gospel: Mark Ehrman’s thesis: how you get from Mark to Nicaea Note: […]
Continue ReadingThe source of the above table is unknown. Below is Claude.ai’s timeline. Event Hebrew Bible New Testament Spaces Between Words c. 200 BCE–100 CE c. 200 BCE–100 CE Book Order Standardization HB by c. 2nd century CE by 4th century CE OT – Christian Bible 4th–5th century CE by 4th century CE NT – Christian […]
Continue Reading7/12/2026 – From Claude.ai Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent I. Marcion’s Canon (Evangelion + Apostolikon) II. Muratorian Fragment III. Origen (Homilies on Joshua, etc.) IV. Athanasius, 39th Festal Letter V. Council of Rome (under Damasus I) VI. Synod of Hippo / Councils of Carthage VII. Council of Florence (Session 11, Bull Cantate Domino) VIII. […]
Continue Reading7/4/2026 – Extracts from the study The Household of Joseph and Clopas – The Family of Jesus and the Case that Joseph Was Alphaeus by Dr. Terry Traster, Pharm.D. Abstract This study reconstructs the family of Jesus as a single multigenerational household and argues, within that frame, that Joseph the husband of Mary was the […]
Continue ReadingThis post has two responses from Claude.ai beginning with a summary of Andrew Lincoln’s article “How Babies Were Made in Jesus’ Time” (Biblical Archaeology Review 40.6, 2014), drawn from his book Born of a Virgin? Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition and Theology. The PDF of the article is in Dropbox/Christianity/Virgin Birth directory. Core argument […]
Continue ReadingResponse by Schaun Wheeler on May 22 with a detailed analysis of the reference to Joseph and family returning to Bethlehem for a census. He presents 5 “rhetorical moves” to change the wording into what we find in the story.
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