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This post contains a list of the ten oldest bible manuscripts as cited by Matt Baker in his video. This list was prepared by ChatGPT from the transcript of the video in his directory in Dropbox. Below is a concise summary of the transcript, followed by a numbered list of the ten manuscripts Matt Baker […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT 11/26/2025. Below is a clean, practical side-by-side comparison table of the three versions: Matthew 6:9–13 (NRSV), Luke 11:2–4 (NRSV), and Didache 8:2–3. All quotations are shown directly in the table. Side-by-Side Comparison of the Lord’s Prayer Versions Line / Element Matthew 6:9–13 (NRSV) Luke 11:2–4 (NRSV) Didache 8:2–3* Address “Our Father in heaven,” […]
Continue ReadingThis is a follow-up post to the one immediately before this one here. That post was becoming too long and this one “chases a specific rabbit.” Scroll down for a related prompt: Which scholar said something like “Scholars emphasize that in antiquity, “faith” did not mean “believing ideas in your mind.” It meant embodied loyalty.” […]
Continue Reading11/21/2025 – In the BSA General discussion forum, Bobby Lane began a conversation titled I’ve misunderstood faith, literally. Many interesting comments ensued, pointing out differences between the ancient Hebrew understanding of faith, the early Christian view, and the contemporary Protestant view. I asked ChatGPT and Claude.ai about differences and how they evolved using the same […]
Continue ReadingPsalms 137 (ASV) 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth theeAs thou hast served us.9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little onesAgainst the rock. Below from ChatGPT Below is a list of passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament that […]
Continue Reading‘Stunning find’: Meet the missing woman in the Bible rediscovered by a BYU researcher An error in Greek manuscripts erased the name of the only woman to receive a New Testament letter – Published: Nov 8, 2025 Extracts from the article are below. A BYU researcher has conclusively recovered the name of the woman who received […]
Continue ReadingBelow is the ChatGPT summary of Bart Ehrman’s 20-minute initial statement and 10-minute rebuttal in the debate in the YouTube video titled Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John really write the four Gospels?. Bart does a great job of explaining why we can be confident that the four gospels in the NT were named later. […]
Continue ReadingMark Goodacre’s NT Pod Episode 104 presents places in the NRSV and NRSVue that translate the same word in the synoptics and John differently, thereby hiding examples of them being the same and in some cases, creating false positives. The transcript of his 15-minute talk is in his directory in DropBox. That transcript was uploaded […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from Bart Ehrman’s Posts. From Bart’s post titled “1 and 2 Peter and Jude “At a Glance” here. Jude At a Glance
Continue ReadingLinks to Bart Ehrman’s four posts about Philemon in his “In a Nutshell Series”.
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