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I am in my senior term at the Seminary of the Wilderness. My first ten years were spent as bi-vocational pastor/evangelist in Utah preaching of Christ how I knew best and trying to improve by learning theology from Reformed, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, Baptist and other sources. The second ten years were spent as a BVP/E and discovering that I didn't know what I thought I knew and reading the Bible without outside influence. At the beginning of the third ten I started seeing Christ in the OT, and tried to figure out how and why. I intend in the fourth ten to figure out how to communicate what I learned last term. After that I might be useful for something.
My bias in approaching the Bible is that I believe that it exists in a form today sufficiently intact to be considered infallible. That apparent contradictions are intentional riddles designed to guide us in focusing on different aspects of Christ. That sensus plenior exists in a form which is discernible in a verifiable, and reproducible manner. And that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
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Nov 18 |
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement let us continue this discussion in chat |
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Nov 18 |
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement Saba, soba, sabea, shaba, Sheba... |
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Nov 18 |
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement Shaman, Sheman are identical except for modern vowel pointing and are the root of shemoneh (eight). |
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Nov 18 |
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On what basis is the name “Ephraim” given the etymology of “ash heap”? Oh.. and English is not deeply rooted as is Hebrew, so I agree that your example is nonsense. |
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Nov 18 |
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On what basis is the name “Ephraim” given the etymology of “ash heap”? In the case of bull it is a two letter word as well as a subroot. |
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Nov 18 |
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On what basis is the name “Ephraim” given the etymology of “ash heap”? Google "Hebrew subroots" to find Jewish sources. Although it is all over the internet now, it was originally only taught to Jewish men over age 40. It is also suggested by rabbis that individual letters have hieroglyphic meanings and that an unknown Hebrew word can be discerned from the meaning of the letters. |
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Nov 18 |
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Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement Shin Beth Ayin, for seven. Shin mem nun for eight. Just drop your late added vowel points and you find the primitive words as referenced. |
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Nov 18 |
answered | Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Puzzlement |
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Nov 17 |
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Does the communion cup emphasize the vessel or the drink? @Monica - even today in Japan they serve living lobsters which they carve hunks of flesh from at the table to serve the diners. The cannibals of New Guinea would take bites from the freshly removed heart of their enemy and certainly of animals from the hunt. |
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Nov 17 |
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Why does Mark mention Elijah before Moses? added why John doesn't mention the transfiguration |
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Nov 17 |
answered | Why does Mark mention Elijah before Moses? |
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Nov 17 |
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Why does Mark mention Elijah before Moses? @soldarnal I am curious about your hermeneutic. I am generally mocked for suggesting that every jot and tittle has meaning as well as word placement and usage. I am encouraged that you suggest that word order might have meaning. |
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Nov 16 |
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Definition of Greek γενεά (genea) Heck, even in precisely defined languages (as in software) you can still have multiple meanings by overrides. ;-) |
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Nov 16 |
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Definition of Greek γενεά (genea) Studies in early childhood learning show that punning and riddle are critical for developing the use and understanding of language precisely because words have more than one meaning. Children who can only comprehend one meaning are considered stunted in development. It is doubtful that there is only one right interpretation even if you were speaking in the same language. But since words in different languages include different subsets of meaning, when translating it is even more unlikely that there is a single 'right' meaning in English. |
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Nov 16 |
answered | On what basis is the name “Ephraim” given the etymology of “ash heap”? |
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Nov 16 |
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Why is Israel referred to with a male pronoun in Jeremiah 31:10? It should also probably include why Jeremiah says all men will become pregnant. His changing number and gender of pronouns is an intentional use of words to focus our attention on something specific. |
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Nov 16 |
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Why is Israel referred to with a male pronoun in Jeremiah 31:10? An answer might include why it is not feminine Jer 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. |
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Nov 16 |
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What is the significance of Methuselah's name? Minor |
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Nov 16 |
answered | What is the significance of Methuselah's name? |
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Nov 16 |
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What else can “Fifteen cubits from above” in Gen 7:20 mean? The word in question is used Ex 25:21, 26:14, 36:19 39:31, 40:19-20, and many more which only make sense in the conventional rendering. |