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It's a language model. You can be confident that ChatGPT will not present original research in support of a strong thesis based on a meaningful understanding of the subject. It could not, for example, produce this kind of ML-assisted research: "Hierarchical Clustering of Early Christian Writing...

And if you don't like that answer, don't worry, ChatGPT is happy to tell you whatever. Why is it appropriate to apply the categories of New Testament scripture, apocryphal literature, and church fathers to the ante-Nicene early Christian writings? ChatGPT Applying these categories helps scholars and...

LLMs have changed my life when it came to translating. The answers to questions reinscribe conventions and typically conform to the request made. Why is it historically anachronistic to apply the categories of New Testament scripture, apocryphal literature, and church fathers to the ante-Nicene earl...

Having been long frustrated by the terrible translation of Young [1855] and the lacking translation of Colson [1929], I needed to put together something more precise for the mysticism alluded to, the details which reveal abit more (I think) than those old versions. This new translation might be hel...

Ascension of Isaiah 11:8-20 8. It came to pass that when they were alone that Mary straight-way looked with her eyes and saw a small babe, and she was astonished. 9. And after she had been astonished, her womb was found as formerly before she had conceived. ... 14. And many said: "She has not b...

One frequently co-occuring component of the ransom myth is that the Son of God was killed without awareness of his true identity, which does fit quite nicely into the idea of appearing as a man among men. wrong. In the Ascension of Isaiah the passwords given through the lower heavens are designed t...

RandyHelzerman wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 8:06 pm But I don't believe for one minute that Quesnell's original photos are blurry.

There are three photos of each page, so nine total. Some are less blurry, some more so.

But what do I know? I've only seen images of all nine.

The image shown above (seen on the right below) looks less crazy when it isn't blown up so much & the pixels can blend. https://earlywritings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2643 Previously: "The low-res image is *really* low res. You can see the giant pixels." Giant pixels are not so g...

It's a good thing that we aren't stuck with only these particular digital images and trying to 'reconstruct the original color of those blue pixels' through speculation. We aren't even stuck with digital images, if you get a copy of The Fourth R . Going back to analog or to the lower-resolution digi...

Would you happen to have a publicly available git repo of your notes or bibliography list? Would you be interested in starting one? I have a decent amount of notes on this topic and I'm interested in starting a repo myself, but I'd rather contribute to an existing effort if one is already available...