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  • 2 lost sermons by St. Augustine about Witch of Endor in the Book of Samuel discovered in Polish monastery

    06/20/2026 9:38:45 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 06/20/2026 | Jon Brown
    A Latin scholar in Germany recently discovered two lost sermons written by fourth-century church father Augustine of Hippo about the mysterious Witch of Endor from 1 Samuel 28.Professor Christian Tornau, a Latin scholar at the University of Würzburg, made the discovery after receiving a phone call in 2024 from an employee of the Bad Doberan Monastery Association in northeastern Germany, according to a press release from the university earlier this month.The employee asked Tornau for his help in deciphering a 12th-century manuscript that contains six sermons by Augustine and is housed at a monastery in Pelplin, Poland.Tornau ultimately discovered that...
  • Who Wrote the Bible? AI Uncovers “Likely Authors”

    06/11/2025 5:42:57 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 95 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | June 11, 2025 | Duke University
    Could artificial intelligence solve one of the Bible’s biggest mysteries? A team of researchers used AI-powered statistical modeling to analyze the authorship of the Hebrew Bible and made surprising discoveries about ancient narratives. Credit: Shutterstock A multidisciplinary team of researchers is using artificial intelligence to unravel the authorship of the Hebrew Bible’s earliest books. Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing everything from healthcare to filmmaking to finance. So, why not apply it to one of the most ancient and influential books in history—the Bible? That’s exactly what an international team of researchers set out to do. Among them was Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, an...