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by billd89
Fri May 17, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Using ChatGPT
Replies: 165
Views: 142440

ChatGPT has evolved!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/14/chat-gtp-40-ai-human-corporate-product According to OpenAI, this is the new normal: an AI model that can “reason across audio, vision and text in real time”. It appears, at first glance, to be another significant step towards turning scie...
by billd89
Fri May 17, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Revisiting Philo's Therapeutae and their Context/Timeline
Replies: 77
Views: 204314

Revisiting Philo's DVC: AI-assisted translation

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 help...
by billd89
Tue May 14, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Which gnostic tradition did the story of Sophia creating the demiurge come from - Ophite, Sethite, or Barbeloite?
Replies: 1
Views: 168

What do you believe?

Locating and dating Sethites, Ophites, or Barbeloites would answer your question most precisely. Perhaps of interest, my earlier post "The Pauline Abortion as Hermetic/Gnostic Trope" here . I've posted a few thoughts on the Sethians of the Sethrum, here and here (for example.) So IMO, the...
by billd89
Thu May 09, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Jesus TeeVee
Replies: 0
Views: 90

Jesus TeeVee

Does anyone here watch this series, "The Chosen"? They have a fan event upcoming:
https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2 ... ence-2024/
by billd89
Wed May 08, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why Matthew doubled the Gerasene Demonic (Paul) in *Ev and Mark
Replies: 5
Views: 223

Re: Decapolis ?

The narrative is set in the Decapolis a Hellenistic enclave in the region of Palestine. Andrew Criddle The narrative is set by the Sea. That's a key point in the story (which may have been moved anywhere, if the Decapolis is admissible.) * Ev 8:26-39 26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerase...
by billd89
Wed May 08, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Delicacies
Replies: 0
Views: 139

Delicacies

There aren't enough Food Threads, here.

Lately, I've become somewhat fascinated by this ancient condiment, fermented fish oil. Liquamen, aka Garum.

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12375- ... -shipwreck
https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 24-01952-3
by billd89
Wed May 08, 2024 4:19 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Daybell Cult: Castings, Zombies, etc.
Replies: 0
Views: 104

Daybell Cult: Castings, Zombies, etc.

Is anyone else following the Daybell Murder Trial? Wow.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51004528/wi ... g-3-deaths
by billd89
Tue May 07, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: The Empty Tomb
Replies: 0
Views: 260

The Empty Tomb

This place doesn't have enough Zombie threads. News! A “zombie grave” was recently found in Oppin, Germany, according to a Facebook post from the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt. Gotcha, Popular Mechanics : https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a6...
by billd89
Tue May 07, 2024 4:59 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: The Nebra Sky Disk
Replies: 0
Views: 97

The Nebra Sky Disk

News to me. And never discussed here, before? This is quite a First:
Dated by most to the Bronze Age, the Nebra Sky Disc is the oldest-known depiction of the cosmos.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archi ... ts-2474678