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From Claude.ai 4/28/2025, based on the prompt: How do critical bible scholars explain the different understandings between Paul, Matthew’s Jesus, and the historical Jesus of what’s involved in being in right relationship with God. Cite all sources. Understanding Different Views on Right Relationship with God: Paul, Matthew’s Jesus, and the Historical Jesus This is a […]
Continue ReadingFrom Bart Ehrman here. … that unlike Paul’s letters, Acts gives us an “absolute date” on which we can (in theory) hang all the relative dates of Paul’s life and itinerary. What I mean by “absolute date” is this: it is one thing to say “Paul did this, then three years later he did that, […]
Continue ReadingFrom a BSA post on 4/12/2025. Did Mark’s and Luke’s resurrection accounts intentionally contradict Paul? By: Michael L Waddell Many people have been puzzled by Paul’s statement in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (emphasis added): For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins […]
Continue ReadingFrom Perplexity.ai Dr. Joan Taylor has explored the possibility of the Apostle Paul being married, but her arguments are nuanced and focus on early Christian practices and textual interpretations. Here are the key points she presents: Dr. Taylor does not definitively argue that Paul was married in the conventional sense but suggests that his references […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains the Claude.ai responses to four prompts digging into the use of the phrase “thief in the night”. From Claude.ai, 3.7 Sonnet, Explanatory Mode, 4/2/2025. Prompts 2, 3 and 4 follow Prompt 1. PROMPT 1 – Cite all scriptures where Jesus, Paul, and others use the phrase “like a thief in the night”—using […]
Continue ReadingFrom Caude.ai, 4/1/2025. Prompt: Provide a list of all anachronisms that Critical bible scholars identify for 1st and 2nd Thessalonians. Cite all sources. I’d be happy to explore these proposed anachronisms in greater depth. Understanding these scholarly discussions helps us appreciate the complex nature of biblical criticism and the historical questions surrounding these important early […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai – Present how critical bible scholars support the belief that the main task of the Messiah is to regather the tribes of Israel, to gather the nations and pull them back to the one God, and turn them to the way of the ancient Torah. Isaiah 2 and 11, Jeremiah 16, Jeremiah 3, […]
Continue Reading3/22/2025 – In the 28-minute video embedded below, Dr. James Tabor shared yesterday, he explains why he believes Paul’s version of the Last Supper changed the meal from Jesus showing his disciples they again share a meal when the Kingdom comes. Paul changed it to be a ritual for the Corinthians who had turned the […]
Continue ReadingBelow is the initial prompt to Claude.ai in Explanatory mode and three follow-up prompts asking for examples. The follow-up prompts listed below are separated by double lines. From Claude.ai 3/21/2025. Initial prompt: What do critical bible scholars view of any differences in literary style, word usage and grammer used 2 Thessalonians in comparison to 1 […]
Continue ReadingIn addition to the Prompt-Response below, see BSA member Marcus Blue’s paper titled “I’ll Have the Eucharist, Hold the Body and Blood,” which is a PDF file in his directory in the Scholars folder in Dropbox. From Claude.ai – Prompt: Were the Corinthians to whom Paul wrote part of a pagan society who believed that to […]
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