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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.

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Apr 10	comment	Who is the captain of the Lord's Host spoken of in Joshua 5:13-15? @Tony Jewish original interpretations are definetly off topic for Christianity.SE. I have migrated your question to the site where that would be on topic and marked it of a duplicate of the question that already asks about that issue. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask again about whatever issue isn't covered by the original question, and if you have something specific about Christian doctrine feel free to ask back over there.
Apr 10	comment	Who is the captain of the Lord's Host spoken of in Joshua 5:13-15? @TonyJays: The Biblical Hermeneutics site is part of the same network of QnA sites, and were are lots of crossover users, but the scope of the site is rather different than here. Over there, Jewish as well as Christian exegetical work is in scope and questions do not have to be directed at specific doctrinal traditions. Instead they must be rooted in a specific textual issue. Some questions could be asked either place, but the kind of answer you'll get is rather different. Do you want to know how the text was originally understood or whether Christians have any doctrine related to this text?
Apr 10	comment	Who is the captain of the Lord's Host spoken of in Joshua 5:13-15? @SSumner Technically things across different SE sites are not duplicates. I've dropped your comment in favor of one that does't cause confusion about what qualifies as a "duplicate" since that is terminology we use when closing questions here.
Apr 4	comment	Why was Jesus going to walk past the disciples as they were rowing on the Sea of Galilee? Hey Kate. Can we ask you go come back and work on this answer some? Jon pointed out some issues. I'd like to re-iterate that the issue he raised is important to use here. We want to see the interpretive process -- hermeneutics not speculation. Can you show how you arrived at this idea from the text or related sources?
Apr 4	comment	Does the qal in Amos 3:6 automatically imply causation? Word studies may not be enough to draw doctrinal conclusions, but that is not our primary objective here. This question is specifically a question about a word -- about grammar. It may or may not be relevant to drag in a doctrinal framework to deal with this issue, but it is not appropriate to not deal with the issue at all and fast-forward straight to the doctrinal framework. That isn't the sort of hermeneutics we want to see practiced here. This isn't a "holistic" approach, it's a very partial approach because it doesn't specifically answer the question asked. Does that make any sense?
Apr 4	comment	What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? Mike this really does need some further attention in the form of some serious edit work. I even agree with some of your conclusions here, but the problem is all you have is the conclusions. This site is focused on the interpretive process, not the results. As such I really think this doesn't even qualify as an answer. You haven't addressed the specifics of the original question or the original text, just dumped a doctrinal conclusion on us. How did you get there? This might need some historical sources as well as Biblical. Does any of this make sense?
Mar 20	comment	Why wouldn't the Son of Man know the day and hour of his coming? Michael I know the landscape here can be a little confusing, but I think the answers to @JonEricson's questions will help clarify what this question is about and we can help get you started in the right direction. As it stands, the conflict you are questioning seems to come from confusion on a doctrinal point rather than a textual one since you aren't providing a text that says anything about him knowing. If that is the case, you might be looking for an answer from a Christian perspective, in which case we might be able to help over on Christianity, but we still need feedback from you.
Mar 20	comment	Meaning of N .. N+1 pattern in Amos, Proverbs, Job and Psalms I see there perhaps some non-overlapping aspects of these two questions, but most of it seems to be along the same lines. If you would like to see answers address the different aspects of this question, please edit it to be focused on just the non-duplicate parts, then we can reopen and not have people plagued with doubt on where to put their answer. Until this clearly takes a different directly, I'm letting it stand as a marker to the other other questions. We can re-open it as independent after an edit. Thanks for understanding.
Mar 9	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? As for the content, I find the argument somewhat inconvincing. Nobody I have ever heard argues that Jesus spoke Greek on a daily basis in Palestine or that the language (and names) of the people wasn't Aramaic. Those facts in themselves tell us almost nothing about what language the NT books were written in. On the other hand there is general agreement about the lingua franka of the day being Greek and that there while oral tradition would have been enough to get the message through Israel it would have needed to be written down in Greek to reach a wider audience.
Mar 9	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? As far as I see, this doesn't really focus on the question that was asked. This is an postulate case for the language of the NT, not a comparison of the actual languages. Can you explain to me how you see this answering the original question?
Mar 5	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? Variants of this question have also been asked here and here on C.SE.
Mar 1	comment	New American Standard Bible vs English Standard Version: Which one's more faithful to the original text? @JonEricson: Since Jack was the one to close this I think he should have some input on it's reopening. I went ahead and hit the button, with the qualification that this will need to be subject to the rules of Good Subjective Bad Subjective. Additionally, I'm concerned about the existing answer (esp the accepted check mark). And thoughts? trusktr?
Feb 20	comment	What is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? This is heavy on doctrinal application to modern culture and pretty light on hermeneutics. Can you concentrate on the textual issues here and show what it is that gives this a textual connection to Noah, where you are getting the three level stuff, and so on? We'd really like to focus more on the textual issues and early stages of interpretation, not the final ones of application where other doctrinal issues also get played out.
Feb 18	comment	The splitting of the Mount of Olives Mike, can I ask that you cite some sources with your answers? You make a lot of claims about what things do or don't mean, but I honestly don't know where most of them are coming from.
Jan 25	comment	Does Theophilus of Antioch's statement have any bearing on interpreting Mathew 5:28? It looks like you got your wires crossed and ended up with two accounts. I have merged them for you. This way the reputation you earn will start opening up new privileges for you instead of being divided across accounts. Also, you should be able to edit your own posts without needing reviews. If you have any concerns please feel free to flag for a moderator or catch anybody in Biblical Hermeneutics Chat for help.
Jan 24	comment	Who is speaking in Song of Solomon 8:6-7? @swasheck: The reason I migrated here instead of just closing (it doesn't work any way you look at it on C.SE) is I was hoping it could be framed in a way that any gaps could be filled in. See my edits.
Jan 24	comment	Does Theophilus of Antioch's statement have any bearing on interpreting Mathew 5:28? Please take the time and effort to compose your posts using proper capitalization. This is a supposed to be a scholarly site with academic level content. You appeal to only wanting scholarly responses, but please make the effort yourself to make your question readable. Thank you.
Jan 24	comment	Does Theophilus of Antioch's statement have any bearing on interpreting Mathew 5:28? The plea for scholarly responses based on a knowledge of Greek should be unnecessary here, that should be all you get in the first place. If you don't, we can deal with that.
Jan 22	comment	Evil spirit from God (I Samuel 16:14) Welcome! Please understand I feel your pain as there are a lot of ropes to learn here and it's not apparently where you can ask what. However, this question is less about the text than it is about the character of God. This is something that needs to be answered by doctrine, particularly that brings other Scripture to bear in putting together a big picture of God's character. This particular site is more for text, translation and interpretation related issues than doctrine. You might try Christianity, but be warned that you'll also need to include what tradition you want to hear from.
Jan 22	comment	Jesus is both the good shepherd and the gate - Is it the same parable or two different? I'd to see some actual history research on this too. I'd like to see somebody with some data explaining the shepherding habits of the 1st century the Nazareth area villages. I'm pretty sure from my own experience this is on the right track, but a Sunday School illustration doesn't help settle the matter.