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- Fri May 17, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Using ChatGPT
- Replies: 168
- Views: 145196
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...
- Fri May 17, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Revisiting Philo's Therapeutae and their Context/Timeline
- Replies: 78
- Views: 206258
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...
- 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: 171
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...
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:45 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Tyrian Purple Lump, found in UK
- Replies: 0
- Views: 171
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Jesus TeeVee
- Replies: 0
- Views: 91
Jesus TeeVee
Does anyone here watch this series, "The Chosen"? They have a fan event upcoming:
https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2 ... ence-2024/
https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2 ... ence-2024/
- 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: 225
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...
- Wed May 08, 2024 6:35 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Delicacies
- Replies: 0
- Views: 140
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
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
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussion
- Topic: Daybell Cult: Castings, Zombies, etc.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 105
Daybell Cult: Castings, Zombies, etc.
Is anyone else following the Daybell Murder Trial? Wow.
https://www.ksl.com/article/51004528/wi ... g-3-deaths
https://www.ksl.com/article/51004528/wi ... g-3-deaths
- Tue May 07, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: The Empty Tomb
- Replies: 0
- Views: 266
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...
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: The Nebra Sky Disk
- Replies: 0
- Views: 99
The Nebra Sky Disk
News to me. And never discussed here, before? This is quite a First:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archi ... ts-2474678
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