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I’m an engineer, graduated with a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the Cooper Union, and working in that field in the Greater NYC area.
My interests are varied and include computers & computer programming, science fiction & real-life space exploration, politics, and religion; see my active accounts on Stack Overflow.
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Mar 12 |
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Why, in Ezekiel 28, is the King of Tyre conflated with Lucifer? Judaism does not consider the “adversary” (satan) from Job to be any sort of fallen angel. Aside from the rather obscure verses about the nefilim in Genesis 6, I know of no Biblical verses that Jewish scholars take to refer to fallen or rebellious angels. |
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Feb 16 |
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Jacob's name is Israel. So why is he still called Jacob? Notice especially Genesis 46, where the Patriarch is variously referred to as “Jacob” and “Israel” in close succession, sometimes both in the same verse. E.g., verse 5: “Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father…”. Cf. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s explanation there. |
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Feb 16 |
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What's going on with Saul and the prophets? Close enough, except it is specifically prophecy that is excluded from inheritance; purely social rankings such as kingship — and priesthood — are inherited. Prophecy, being related to personal righteousness, cannot be inherited, although it is likely that a prophet would raise his children to be worthy of this gift. (Which is why the impression that it was inherited might have grown up.) |
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Feb 16 |
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Does the Hebrew in Judges 4:4 explicitly identify Deborah as a woman? @JonEricson, yes, exactly. |
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Feb 15 |
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Who or where is Meroz in Judges 5:23? You’ve pretty much answered your question saying, “Wikipedia doesn't really help since there is no general consensus”. Not really sure what sort of answer you’re looking for. |
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Feb 7 |
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Was Noah absolutely blameless or relatively good? @JonEricson: How’s this? |
