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May 14 |
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Why did the witnesses lay their coats at Paul's feet? Hello and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics. Thank you for this interesting perspective. Do we have reason to believe that their garments did in fact identify them as authorities? If you have a source for that, editing that in would improve this answer. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you around. |
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May 14 |
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How often does the Bible use “God of Jacob” versus “God of Israel”? This seems to be two questions, "why?" and "how do I look up references?". The single answer (at this writing) addresses the latter only. Should this be split into two questions? |
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May 14 |
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Why does everyone in John misunderstand Jesus? @H3br3wHamm3r81, wasn't Jesus seen as a miracle-worker? Walking on water, water into wine, etc? It seems equally likely to me that a listener would hear any of (a) he's promising miracles; (b) he must mean something else; (c) he's crazy. Most listeners would prefer (a) or (b) to (c), of course, but it doesn't seem obvious to me (again, just from the question) that (a) is off the table. |
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May 13 |
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Is “kill” a valid translation for Exodus 20:13 (Thou shalt not kill)? This answer asserts a meaning for ratzach based on claimed symbolism of individual letters. It also draws on references to alo and tov, words that do not appear in this passage. Neither the specific claims nor the methodology are supported with sources or logic. The whole answer sounds pretty whimsical. |
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May 12 |
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What does it mean that the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist? Are you saying that "least" means "last"? |
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May 12 |
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Why does the Septuagint contain non-Tanakh books? I suggest rereading the question, particularly the last sentence. |
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May 12 |
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How tall was Goliath? Tangent: I recently came across a talmudic discussion (Eiruvin 48) that suggests that the rabbis considered normal human height to be 3 cubits. (That doesn't seem to actually work anatomically, but...) For a tiny bit more context, see my blog post on this passage. |
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May 12 |
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Why does the Septuagint contain non-Tanakh books? I'm having trouble understanding how this answers the question. Paul was not involved in the production of the Septuagint, so what he considers useful/true/canonical doesn't seem relevant. |
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May 12 |
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Accurate translations of original scripts/text It's not actually my question, by the way. You've posted three different answers here. This one seems to be mostly a discussion of bias, for which you don't provide any support. That is, you say there's bias and you may well be correct, but you're just an anonymous internet user, so we need to actually see some evidence or logic, and you do need to actually answer the question. Another of your answers also points to your source and translates the passage in the question, so it may be a better one to improve. I don't see what this one accomplishes as a separate answer (nor the third). |
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May 10 |
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Did God make an idol? Yes, there's no idolatry, and "seeing the face of God" in someone doesn't mean literal incarnation or the like. But how do you relate it to the decalogue? |
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May 10 |
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Psalm 51:5 CEV vs ESV @H3br3wHamm3r81, good point with Gen 30:39. Adding that to your answer would strengthen it. (I mean, you're already citing the verse, but bringing out why it's relevant here would help. Or would have helped me, anyway. :-) ) |
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May 10 |
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What is the 'cock's crow'? @JackDouglas, thanks -- split the difference, I guess. :-) |
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May 10 |
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Psalm 51:5 CEV vs ESV If words can overlap (I agree), ילד is "give birth", and הָרָה is "conceive", how do we infer from that that יחם is more likely to be "conceive" than "give birth"? I'm not disagreeing; I just missed a step here. |
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May 10 |
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Did God make an idol? This is an interesting interpretation, but how does it answer the question? (BTW, did you mean Eisav where you wrote Edom?) |
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May 10 |
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Psalm 51:5 CEV vs ESV JPS has the "conceive" version. THe Hebrew is וּבְחֵטְא, יֶחֱמַתְנִי אִמִּי. . I don't know that verb (can't look it up right now), but I don't see any support here for "since the day I was born". Sounds "interpretative". |
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May 10 |
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Accurate translations of original scripts/text You have a lot of interesting (though unsourced) information here, but I'm not sure how much of it applies to this question. Could you take another look? You can edit your answer at any time. |
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May 10 |
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In the Peshitta, what is the difference between the original word translated “Sabbath” and that translated “week?” Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics and thank you for sharing this information. So you're saying neither word actually appears there? BTW, what are you trying to convey with all the bold-facing of pronouns? |
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May 10 |
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What is the meaning of the reference to 'stones' in Ecclesiastes 3? @JackDouglas, Google Books is saying "you've reached your viewing limit" (huh? I haven't used it that much...). Can you share the sources it mentions? (Feel free to take this to chat.) |
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May 10 |
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Did God make an idol? Interesting find. I wonder to what extent the noun chain there is relevant -- the phrase is כָּל-צַלְמֵי מַסֵּכֹתָם, which JPS translates as "molten images". The form there is "images of (moltenness? something like that)". So it's not just "image"/tzelem on its own; it's modified. I'm not sure what it means or if it means anything, but... |
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May 10 |
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Did God make an idol? I probably wouldn't have made the Leviticus connection if I hadn't chanted that very passage last Shabbat. :-) |
