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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Nov 21	comment	Did Job believe in an afterlife where wrongs could be righted? In order to make this make any sense I think you would have to include an overview of how you understand the text of Job as a whole. Is the purpose of the text to tell us about Job's inspired understanding of the world and an afterlife -- and is it supposed to be prescriptive for us to believe like him; or is it a record of his struggles based on his limited understandings to help us understand that we don't have the big picture and keep us listening for God's corrections (as God does speak up at the end of the text and set him straight on a few points).
Nov 9	comment	What is “Regula Fidei”? Related on Christianity.SE: How do the Catholic and Protestant understandings of "Regula Fidei" differ?
Nov 9	comment	What is “Regula Fidei”? You only deserve +.5 for laying a foundation but not actually dealing with the my main concern about how Regula Fidei should be applied to our practice of hermeneutics, but I gave you the other half for relating this to three solas but linking to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Oct 29	comment	Does 2 Corinthians 9:6 indicate a reaping of earthly wealth? So could I. Not usually what I go to a commentary for but I wouldn't be surprised to find it in most. I think most what I notice here is that it's more doctrine than it is hermeneutics. There is no discussion of the text, it's context, the audience, similar sayings or other considerations, it skips straight to pulling a couple of phrases and running with them. Mind you I think it's a good answer, however with this being the accepted answer without waiting for other angles I think perhaps the questioner would have been more at home on C.SE.
Oct 29	comment	Does 2 Corinthians 9:6 indicate a reaping of earthly wealth? Don't you kind of stray kind of far into doctrine land here? (Maybe this question need re-framing a little?)
Oct 29	comment	How should John 1 be interpreted? Actually the entire book of John reads quite differently than the other three gospel accounts. It's stated purpose is also different. When you say "contrasts with the rest of the book" are you talking about differences between John 1 and John 2-21 or to the rest of the Bible? Can you cite some specific differences that raise this question?
Oct 29	comment	How do the books in the Bible get their names? There is a duplicate of this question on Christianity.SE: Where do the names of books of Bible come from?
Oct 27	comment	What is the actual word used in “Thou shall not kill?” Jim please comment on where you way to go with this or edit it into something, then we can reopen as an answerable question here or elsewhere.
Oct 27	comment	What is the actual word used in “Thou shall not kill?” "What are the exact words?" And "What should we understand them to mean today?" Are two different questions. Which would you like to ask? Your current question is an awkward cross-breed that we can't exactly answer here, but if you pick a direction we can edit or get you to the right place.
Oct 24	comment	Are the 'ten virgins' told in Jesus' parable multiple brides or just general wedding party? @Richard: True, but they are all about a couple of words in one verse and about the context of how they should be understood, so I think it's fair to have them all in one question.
Oct 19	comment	Which hermeneutical approaches support a literal interpretation of the Creation account? See discussion of whether or not this is a good question to re-open in chat starting here.
Oct 18	comment	How does the Noah's Ark narrative relate to the Gilgamesh flood account? I've suggested an edit to bring this down to just one comparison for now. Perhaps there is something specific you can also ask about the natures of the texts or the way the language/narrative is related that would make this even more of a hermeneutical problem?
Oct 18	comment	What is an anagogical interpretation and when should it be considered? @GalacticCowboy You'll find some stuff in Catholic material since they still use the term, but it seems to be mostly a much (or deservedly?) neglected last bullet point on the four-fold sense understanding.
Oct 17	comment	What is the difference between the 'life' given by wisdom in Proverbs and 'life' given by Jesus in 1 John? Related on Christianity.SE: What is the difference between the Life that Christ gives and the Life that Wisdom brings?
Oct 12	comment	“You are gods” in John 10:30-36 @Ray: Good thoughts, thanks for detailing that. Those are some good things to think about for what makes an answer good or not specifically on this site.
Oct 8	comment	What does it mean for Jesus to fulfill the law? That makes too good a question to pass up by just giving you my opinion!
Oct 8	comment	“Until they see the kingdom of God” in Luke 9:27 and parallels This answer does not answer the OP's question is so far as it does not treat any of the possible interpretations or analyze them using hermeneutical principles. While this VIEW may be valid, just answering with stating a view isn't what this site is about.
Oct 8	comment	Historical interpretations of Ezekiel's vision of a temple Good question, but this seems like the subject for a doctorate thesis paper. Any way you could narrow this down so that somebody other than an author of a book on the subject could answer it piece-meal?
Oct 8	comment	What does it mean for Jesus to fulfill the law? Considering that the answers so far basically amount to a list of potential meanings rather than a dealing with the words of the original text or even the context -- do you think maybe this question is too broad or off topic? Isn't the answer to this question more guided by a given theological framework than it is by a given hermeneutical approach?
Oct 8	comment	“You are gods” in John 10:30-36 Beautiful answer. I'd be curious however what you think about what makes answers more suitable for here vs. C.SE. In one section here you "skip the reasoning" that would seem to me to be the point of a hermeneutics site and "jump to what you think is correct" which would seem to be what is happening on C.SE in general. Not saying this is a bad answer here, just curious how you see the big picture.