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| bio | website | spamsense.blogspot.com |
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| location | Indianapolis, IN | |
| age | 40 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | May 9 at 2:22 | |
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Professional: 16+ years C++/C#/HTML/ASP.NET/SQL
Personal: 1 wife, 3 kids
Grew up Mennonite; now Reformed Baptist. Figure that one out.
Having recently upgraded to an Android tablet, I mostly use YouVersion's Bible app. Before that, I primarily used e-Sword and NET Bible on a Fujitsu tablet PC. I've actually been fully electronic since 2002 or 2003, when I got a Pocket PC device. As I told a friend at the time, "I just got an eight-language parallel Bible with Greek and Hebrew lexicons, and it only weighs 5 ounces!"
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Jan 4 |
revised |
Why is Moses' reference to God's promise in Exodus 32 effective? added 57 characters in body |
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Jan 4 |
answered | Why is Moses' reference to God's promise in Exodus 32 effective? |
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Dec 20 |
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Why did John take Mary, who was married, into his home? While the scriptural foundation is rather circumstantial, we have no record of Joseph beyond Jesus' childhood. Cana? (John 2:1-11) Mary was there, Joseph was not (or was not mentioned.) Nazareth, when Mary and Jesus' brothers were outside? (Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:20-32) Joseph isn't mentioned. He never appears in context of Jesus' ministry, arrest, trial, or crucifixion. |
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Dec 15 |
answered | Translation of “ἐλπίς” |
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Dec 15 |
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Translation of “ἐλπίς” Is the issue with Greek, or English? :) |
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Dec 9 |
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Is hermeneutics primarily descriptive or prescriptive? Hermeneutics is the study of the text. It's science. You're continuing to focus on exegesis. Exegesis is more akin to the exercise of law. |
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Dec 7 |
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Is hermeneutics primarily descriptive or prescriptive? "scientific observation is supplanted by free-for-all invention" - only if the "exegete" ignores all of that which they just studied. Furthermore, as has been discussed here and on meta multiple times, hermeneutics and exegesis are not, strictly speaking, the same thing. So to make a conclusion about hermeneutics based upon how some practice exegesis is a flawed conclusion. |
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Nov 30 |
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What does Hebrews 6:4-6 mean? Your question assumes Pauline authorship, which is strongly disputed among most scholars. |
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Nov 28 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Nov 28 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Nov 18 |
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Does sensus plenior exist in the New Testament? It was not my intent to downplay his effort, and in fact I really appreciate the detail he put into it. |
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Nov 18 |
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Does sensus plenior exist in the New Testament? Seems like a lot of effort to get to "it is likely that Luke saw it too." |
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Nov 18 |
answered | Was it typical to cast lots like in Acts 1:26? |
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Nov 18 |
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Was it typical to cast lots like in Acts 1:26? No other examples by Christians, you mean? |
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Nov 17 |
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What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? Interesting - TIL that Irenaeus received teaching from Polycarp, a disciple of John. This would definitely seem to give his insight additional weight into what John's intent might have been. |
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Nov 17 |
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What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? Thanks, @MukeTever - updated. |
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Nov 17 |
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What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? Updated "sixteen" to use ancient Greek form, with reference. |
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Nov 17 |
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What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? added 366 characters in body |
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Nov 17 |
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What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? I'll insert it, though it doesn't really answer the question "where does it come from?" so much as "why does Irenaeus reject it?" (with the implication that the translators do too.) |
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Nov 17 |
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How should graded numerical parallelism in Hebrew poetry be understood? One through four work in this specific case. However, in Proverbs 6:16-19 Solomon uses 6/7 items. Job and Psalms use this structure with 6/7 as well. |
