Noah Snyder

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I'm an assistant professor in mathematics at Indiana and an early adopter of Math Overflow. I was the first user at mathematics.SE.

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May 7	revised	Why did Paul collect and deliver an offering for the Jerusalem church? added 4 characters in body
May 7	comment	Why did Paul collect and deliver an offering for the Jerusalem church? Honestly I don't think there's compelling evidence for any conclusion, which is why I phrased both points so weakly ("one possibility" and "may"). But I'll weaken it further in case the "may" was too subtle.
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May 5	answered	Why did Paul collect and deliver an offering for the Jerusalem church?
Apr 29	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Apr 28	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? I agree with @FrankLuke that point 4 isn't phrased exactly right, but am not sure if his suggestion gets at the point you're trying to make. Maybe something like: "The Jewish Tanakh follows the Masoretic textual tradition, while some Christian groups follow ancient translations based on other textual traditions (Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate, etc.) or combine readings from different textual traditions."
Apr 28	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? This answer is certainly not totally off topic. For example, Jon's answer could be improved by mentioning the Peshitta along with the Septuagint in point 4 (and for that matter, the Vulgate which is also a different textual tradition). Nonetheless, most of this answer (arguing for the superiority of certain readings in one textual tradition) is off-topic.
Apr 28	comment	Why did the Masoretes take away 100 (or 50) years from the age of the fathers at their first sons' dates of birth? I can't seem to find anything written about what the Dead Sea Scrolls have for these chronologies. Can anyone else?
Apr 28	comment	Why did the Masoretes take away 100 (or 50) years from the age of the fathers at their first sons' dates of birth? Wikipedia has a very nice table of the dates given the Masoretic, Samaritan, and Septuagint versions of Genesis. Note that there are some inconsistencies concerning who survived the flood if you take the Septuagint ages at face value.
Apr 28	comment	What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible? It appears to me that the 165 date has been abandoned even among Aramaic primacists in favor of a mid 4th century date during the persecution of Shapur II in Persia. See peshitta.org/forum/… and peshitta.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=198#p618
Apr 28	comment	What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible? Certainly any manuscript that has survived for a thousand years is a treasure and of great value. I did not mean to insult the manuscript or your religious tradition.
Apr 27	answered	What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible?
Apr 27	comment	What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible? That link says next to nothing about how it was dated to 165. It appears to be a publicity page trying to sell a book. I'd be interested in seeing any peer reviewed scholarly articles or books, whether Western or Eastern.
Apr 27	comment	What language did Jesus commonly speak? I think the evidence presented here that he would have spoken Greek is a bit flimsy. It basically hinges on him needing to do business directly with rich people in Sepphoris. But the gospels never mention Sepphoris, and we know almost nothing about the details of Jesus's business activities. It's certainly possible that he knew a little Greek, but most of the scholarly work on this point suggests that very few rural Galileans knew any significant amount of Greek.
Apr 27	comment	What are the earliest dated Syriac manuscripts of the Bible? Could you give some references for your claim that the source for the Khabouris Codex was from 165 CE? This appears to be a fringe position with little scholarly support.
Apr 27	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? Most of this answer is off-topic to the original question. I don't understand why it has been accepted.
Apr 13	comment	Galatians 4:13: What was Paul's “infirmity of the flesh”? Sadly we don't know and probably never will.
Mar 21	comment	Would the Pharisees go to Pilate and secure the tomb on the Sabbath? @MonicaCellio: Unfortunately, Matthew is unclear about whether it's preparation for Pesach or for the sabbath. In Mark, Jesus dies on Pesach which is described as the day of preparation for the sabbath, while in John Jesus dies on the day of preparation for Pesach (that is, at the time when the lambs were slaughtered). Matthew doesn't make it clear either way, and just says "the Day of Preparation." If you look at the previous chapter though, it appears that Matthew is following Mark's chronology, so I think he means this scene is happening on the sabbath.
Mar 19	comment	Redaction criticism and grammatical-historical hermeneutics Yeah, that sounds overcomplicated, and unlikely. Though the theory that 2 Cor. is two letters (in reverse chronological order) is simpler and more popular.