GalacticCowboy

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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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Nov 3	comment	What is meant in the NT by the “laying on of hands”? As a side note, it appears that some denominations or faiths see this act as more than symbolic - that an actual transfer of grace, power, etc. is conferred to the recipient.
Nov 3	comment	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? I found my notes that I referred to above - it was actually part of my personal study, not a published work, and we're supposed to discourage "original research" so I won't post it here. Or should I? But anyway, what's interesting about this passage is that the Hebrew word we transliterate "gopher" and the word translated "pitch" later in the verse only differ by one Hebrew letter. And the word "pitch" is derived from the verb "cover". So my personal note said that, maybe, the author didn't mention the kind of wood at all.
Nov 3	answered	What is meant in the NT by the “laying on of hands”?
Nov 3	comment	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? I'm trying to find a particular commentary that I seem to remember addressing this, but so far digging under the bed has only produced three different Systematic Theology texts... :)
Nov 2	revised	Does Jesus address hermeneutical assumptions? Added a source link and some comments on canonicity
Nov 1	awarded	Beta
Nov 1	answered	What was meant by “paradise” when Jesus spoke to the thief on the cross?
Nov 1	comment	What was meant by “paradise” when Jesus spoke to the thief on the cross? "Why the dispute about what it means?" - Sorry, that made me laugh. ;)
Nov 1	comment	Who named the wrong priest in Mark 2:26? It seems like there is (at least) a sixth and seventh option: Ahimelech and Abiathar were the same person, or there were multiple people referred to as "high priest." See Annas and Caiaphas, at Jesus' trial.
Oct 31	comment	Does Jesus address hermeneutical assumptions? I didn't intend to downplay them so much as to point out that, on the grand scheme of things they are very recent - and that until even more recently, they still suffered from potential "human" errors.
Oct 31	answered	Does Jesus address hermeneutical assumptions?
Oct 22	answered	What was the roof likely made of in Mark 2:4?
Oct 20	awarded	Commentator
Oct 20	comment	Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured? Yeah, punctuation fail. :)
Oct 20	comment	What is the difference between exegesis and hermeneutics? The difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there is none but in practice there is. :)
Oct 20	comment	Are there scriptural standards by which a hermeneutic method can be measured? Was he saying they "become like angels" in a general sense, or specifically in this regard - angels do not marry.
Oct 19	comment	Pre-Christian, Jewish interpretation of Psalm 22 This is a fabulous question - sure hope somebody can find an answer!
Oct 18	comment	What is an anagogical interpretation and when should it be considered? Wow, there sure isn't much out there on this... Google keeps suggesting other words like synagogue and analogue.
Oct 15	comment	What is the 'cock's crow'? As well, based on Matthew 26, Peter was in the courtyard of the High Priest. However, this might not have been within the temple complex. (It was somewhere that a servant girl was permitted, at least.) And in any case, the Old City of Jerusalem really wasn't very big.
Oct 12	awarded	Citizen Patrol