Caleb

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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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Jan 22	comment	Jesus is both the good shepherd and the gate - Is it the same parable or two different? I don't know about the historical usage (and am interested in seeing answers here) but I've seen this physically done in modern day Turkey. Even if some preachers are telling it as an imaginary scene, it is also quite real and produces a ready image for the right audience.
Jan 22	comment	Reading the Bible via verse and chapter and not getting the intended meaning? Hmmmm. I agree that this question is too broad to be constructive as-is in the SE format. At the same time I have an answer rattling around in my head. Maybe if I can figure out what much more specific question could be asked to which my thoughts would be an answer...
Jan 21	comment	Why did the Law of Moses tolerate polygyny (polygamy) but not polyandry? Can I ask what or who is 'Occam'? Is that a source you're quoting or a technique or what? Excuse my ignorance, but perhaps others could benefit from a clarification too. Thanks.
Jan 12	comment	Was Abiathar the son of Ahimelech or was Ahimelech the son of Abiathar? ...and here we are. This time I'd like to welcome you to Hermeneutics.SE. In migrating this post from Christianity, I discovered you had already asked a duplicate question on here. I have merged the two questions into one. Please don't ask exact duplicates across the sites. If you are unsure which site is best suited for a question, we'd be happy to help you out (and we can migrate for you if something gets asked in the wrong place). Similar questions that each individually tailored for the specific expertise of the site are welcome.
Jan 10	comment	Would it matter if the ID of 'Autor' was revealed and who are the potential candidates? However the main gist of my question is about what implications different authors would have on interpreting the book. Would you mind if this answer got converted to a comment as it doesn't really answer the question but is valuable to keep in mind as people formulate answers?
Jan 10	comment	Would it matter if the ID of 'Autor' was revealed and who are the potential candidates? I'd be happy to see an entry or two on the list for people we haven't met but can sketch a profile for. If some of the evidence points to an otherwise unknown author, so be it.
Jan 8	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? @brilliant: If by contemporary you mean "everyday language of the people in the area", no not really. But it was the language of choice for learned Jews and was both written and spoken by many at the time. Far from being relegated to academia and eventually dying out (as, say, Latin did), it has in fact survived to this day. Aramaic has not.
Jan 7	comment	What are the differences between Hebrew and Aramaic? I'm sorry, but I really don't see that either of these points have anything to do with the question. We're not talking about the script of Ezra here, we're talking about the basic difference between two languages that were contemporary to Jesus time.
Dec 11	comment	How are we to take the fact that Lot offered his daughters for rape? This has already been asked (here and here) on Christianity. I don't think the answers are very satisfactory but they do have some clues as to how Christians interpret the matter.
Nov 19	comment	Is there no hope of salvation for the people addressed in Isaiah 59:2? If you are looking for Christian doctrine, we might be able to help you by re-working this for Christianity. Otherwise maybe you need to edit to be a little more specific to what your question about the text is and understand that you will get all sorts of answers, some Christian, some Jewish, some other and the way they interpret this text will reflect their understanding of other parts of Scripture.
Nov 19	comment	Is there no hope of salvation for the people addressed in Isaiah 59:2? It sounds like the kind of interpretation you are looking for will require a doctrinal framework pulling from other parts of scripture to put together a theological position on how God treats certain sinners. This site is much more focused on the exact source text and linguistic issues in it than the possible theological outcomes.
Nov 12	comment	Does the original Hebrew support the NLT of Genesis 6:3? I don't think this answers the question that was asked at all. The referant doesn't seem to be in question, nor where the scentence break is. The question is about the mathamatical implications of "no more than".
Nov 8	comment	What is the argument against the authenticity of 1 John 5:7-8 in the KJV? Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics! I made a few small tweaks to your question, but no worries, overall you asked a great first question. While you wait for some answers, you might check out our faq and Biblical Hermeneutics Meta site that has lots of background about how the site works and why.
Nov 2	comment	How many more Christian writings written between the crucifixion of Christ and the death of the last of the 12 apostles do we know of? This site has no definition of "Christian" at all. We also have Jewish and other perspectives here. I'm not saying its too broad in the sense of too many results in the answer set, it's too broad in that it's outside the scope of Biblical Hermeneutics. Jon's edit was an attempt to try to fix that. You are asking about historical texts other than the Scriptures themselves, which are pretty much outside the scope of this site. This question actually might be more on topic at Christianity, but please formulate a question specific for that if you do.
Nov 2	comment	How many more Christian writings written between the crucifixion of Christ and the death of the last of the 12 apostles do we know of? What defines a "Christian writing"? There were all sorts of people in early Church history writing stuff and claiming it was Christian. There was also all sorts of stuff being written during that period in general, some of which we know of but don't actually have, others we have bits of. Sometimes non Christian writings affect our understanding of canonical works too. This question seems either too broad or is fishing for something that you already have in mind, in which case I would just ask about that thing directly.
Sep 29	comment	What are the proverbs about giving collateral for someone else teaching about loans? See also: Does Romans 13:8 include a prohibition of taking loans?
Sep 29	comment	Does Romans 13:8 include a prohibition of taking loans? See also: What are the proverbs about giving collateral for someone else teaching about loans?
Sep 28	comment	Comma? “Verily I say unto thee today, …” or “Verily I say unto thee, today…” Merged hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/2471/… into this.
Sep 24	comment	Who were the “poor among the saints” in Jerusalem? @JackDouglas: The answer to this question may very well be that there is not anything going on here other than the obvious and the translations and commentators I ran across were pulling things out of their sleeve. That's what I am trying to determine.
Sep 23	comment	Does “foundations of the earth” in Job 38:4 refer to just the earth, or is it a metaphor for more? The first half of your question is right on target here. I'm wondering if the second half of this might need a doctrinal focus on Christianity. There is probably something to be pursued along the lines of Satan having one been the choir master of heaven before his fall, which we also believe to be before creation. Combine that with any textual evidence from this question, and maybe...